So it's a revelation to watch 20-year-old Li ... His kaishu, or regular script, is immaculate: written with a gel pen, the ... Li has practised hard-nib Chinese calligraphy for four ...

Chong Sum-yu, a 17-year-old Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School student, has dedicated most of her life to Chinese calligraphy, an art form she started practising at age three and a half.

Hard-pen calligraphy is a modern transformation of traditional Chinese calligraphy. Instead of brushes, it uses hard-tipped writing instruments such as pens and pencils.