Hong Kong, 20 Years After the Handover, Part IV: Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy For A City
There was a time when Hong Kong author Xu Xi thought she would never say goodbye to the city she calls home....
The Hong Kong Series
Hong Kong, 20 Years After the Handover, Part III: Cantonese Love Stories
Author Dung Kai-cheung captures the confusion of Hong Kong's identity in 25 narrative sketches....
Hong Kong, 20 Years After the Handover, Part II: Uncharted Territory
A new series from Penguin Books takes the pulse of Hong Kong 20 years after the handover. For Magnus Renfrew, that means a concise look at the city's potential as an art capital....
Hong Kong, 20 Years After the Handover, Part I – Borrowed Spaces
There is nowhere quite like Hong Kong. Founded by the British as a bridge between China and the world, it is a place that has somehow forged its own resilient identity in the gaps between nations, languages and cultures. On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong’s sovereignty was transferred from Britain to China, and the two […]...