Johnny?
Suddenly three women on the Central to Mid-levels escalators, the longest in the world, were talking about Confucius（孔子）. It was around 1 pm.
Usually, at this time of the day, people are talking about the stock market or the property market. Along the escalators, there is always an elderly woman handing out leaflets with information about properties for rent or for sale.
The one-metre-wide moving belt works like a one-way road with two lanes: the slow lane on the right and the fast lane on the left. Those standing on the right just let the moving belt carry them upward; those in a hurry walk on the left side. This way of sharing space is very much a part of Hong Kong culture. As mentioned before, the escalator system has appeared in a film. The cityscape it goes through includes at least five generations of buildings. And the conversations you can pick up along it are more interesting than the cityscape.
There is a saying in Chinese: use that person's way to handle that person. They have their own peace prize now, a woman said.
But what does that mean? Another one asked.
Try to understand your opponent's mindset and make the best use of it, the third one said.
You are learning 'Shadow Boxing'（太極拳）…. It's the same. A Taichi（太極） master watches every move of the opponent and twists it and strikes back, the first one said. That is why people who are good at politics are often called 'shadow boxers'.
Who is Confucius? One of them asked.
Johnny, said another one.
Johnny?
Oh, you didn't attend schools in Hong Kong? In my secondary school days, I had to recite a small paragraph about Confucius: Confucius's given name is Yiu（丘）, and his other name is Jon Ni（仲尼）... So, his English name is Johnny... It's a joke.
