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Cheung, Karen.
The impossible city :
a Hong Kong memoir /
Karen Cheung.
Hong Kong memoir.
First edition.
New York, NY :
Random House,
2022.
xix, 320 pages ;
22 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
"Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience, as well as countless interviews with the artists, protestors, students, and writers who have made Hong Kong their home, journalist Karen Cheung gives us an insider's view of this remarkable city, making the case along the way that we should look to Hong Kong as a warning sign for what lies ahead for other global democracies"--
Provided by publisher.
20220303.
Cheung, Karen
1993-
Hong Kong (China)
Social life and customs
21st century.
Hong Kong (China)
Social conditions
21st century.
Hong Kong (China)
History
21st century.
Hong Kong (China)
Biography.
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