Hong Kong is a city where limousines outnumber taxis, partygoers countdown to Christmas every December 24, and giant billboards of fortune tellers and cram school tutors compete with breathtaking skylines. This collection of essays zeroes in on the city's idiosyncrasies with deadpan precision. An outsider looking in and an insider looking out, ......
From sampan ladies and bamboo scaffolders to street cleaners, fishermen, security guards and market vendors - these workers form the backbone of the fast-paced metropolis of Hong Kong, yet they are often overlooked or taken for granted.
Syd Goldsmiths first taste of Chinas Cultural Revolution is blood on his tongue. It is 1967. Hong Kong is simmering, plagued by communist-led riots and strikes, crippled transport, punishing water-rationing, takeover threats from Beijing and roadside bombs. And Syd -- the only Caucasian Foreign Service Officer at the American Consulate General who ......
As the Hong Kong hand-over boom fizzles into the Asian economic bust, a young expat couple's marriage and careers tumble into a maze of television news, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. For newspaper reporter turned TV producer Laura Wellesley, the morning show at Franklin Global Networks Asia means going to bed before dark and ......
Hong Kong's best-selling parents' guide is back, completely revised and more comprehensive than ever before, with 70+ outing ideas! Filled with exciting child-friendly activities to do, see and experience, Hong Kong for Kids gives parents and educators all the important information they need to have a successful and stress-free outing with kids. ......
A guide to exploring the city and its islands by sea
If you think Hong Kong is all skyscrapers and shopping malls, think again - and add remote islands, lush forests, seaside restaurants, colonial heritage and rewarding hikes. There's no better way to explore all this than by ferry. Read on to discover: * Short hops across Hong Kong's storied harbour * Languid voyages to faraway fishing ......
A former senior Chinese Administrative Officer has at long last lifted another little corner of the veil of half-truths and anodyne official releases which hitherto shrouded many of the decisions and evasions under the long Hong Kong governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose. David T. K. Wong who started working life as a dishwasher in a Chinese ......
True Stories From One of the Last British Police Officers in Colonial Hong Kong
Sex, drugs, gambling, ghosts, drinking, rugby, overseas adventures - and even some police work. Hong Kong on the edge of empire was a place teeming with triads, smugglers, Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees.
The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kongs smooth transition from colonial to Communist rule under the auspices of the one country, two systems framework. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just starting to register: the citys near-total economic integration with the mainland, a massive influx of Chinese visitors, simmering ......
