Hong Kong Reads: Colonialism in All its Guises
Three books capture the good, the bad and the beautiful of Hong Kong’s colonial era...
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Hong Kong’s Skyline Icons: The Faded Glory of Tsim Sha Tsui East
Once famous for its holiday displays and over-the-top nightlife, TST East has fallen on hard times – but it's still a Hong Kong icon...
Amazing Images of Old Hong Kong – in Full Colour
A group of academics is using its Instagram account, Old HK in Colour, to share an incredible collection of painstakingly enhanced and colourised photos from Hong Kong's past....
No Mixed Blood, No Mixed Bones: The Ongoing Saga of Hong Kong’s Eurasian Cemetery
Discrimination against Eurasians in Hong Kong once extended to the afterlife. Now the heritage of a cemetery dedicated to this once-marginalised group is under threat. ...
Hong Kong the Pirate Capital – Part V: Hijacked on the High Seas
The hijacking of the SS Namoa awakened Hong Kong to a terrifying new reality: that a great steamship under the protection of the British Empire could be seized by pirates almost within sight of the colony....
Hong Kong the Pirate Capital – Part III: The Worst Generation
The last generation of Hong Kong pirates went out with a bang, not a whimper....
Why Do Hong Kong Restaurants Serve Borscht? The Overlooked History of Russian Hong Kong
As many as 20,000 Russian refugees passed through Hong Kong in the 20th century. They left behind a fascinating historic legacy....