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Hong Kong 20/20

PEN Hong Kong

• Paperback | Engels
• The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong's smooth transition from colonial to Communist rule under the auspices of the 'one country, two systems' framework.... Lees meer

The Slightest Chance

Paul Letters

• Paperback | Engels
• In war, you can pretend to be someone you're not. Yet, in war, people find out who you really are. Hong Kong, 1941. Anglo-Australian civil servant Dom... Lees meer

Destination Shanghai

Paul French

• Paperback | Engels
• For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; For the desperate a port of last resort. A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow; A thick s... Lees meer

The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah

Sarah Brennan

• Paperback | Engels
• Maggie loves hanging out with her best friends Methuselah (her talkative African Grey parrot) and Edmund (the richest boy in Hong Kong), but she loath... Lees meer

The Hong Kong I Knew

Mark Isaac-Williams

• Paperback | Engels
• Returning to Hong Kong in 1947 after the Japanese occupation, seven-year-old Mark Isaac-Williams had the whole of Kowloon as his playground. Billeted ... Lees meer

Hong Kong Unveiled

Clare Baillieu, Betty Hung

• Paperback | Engels
• It is a constant source of surprise that Chinese people can speak of the habits and beliefs of all their millions of compatriots with such certainty t... Lees meer

When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong

Derek Currie

• Paperback | Engels
• It took balls to go to Hong Kong. When Scottish footballer Derek Currie was made an offer to travel to Hong Kong to play against the one sportsman he ... Lees meer

Hong Kong State of Mind

Jason Y Ng

• Paperback | Engels
• Hong Kong is a city where limousines outnumber taxi cabs, party-goers count down to Christmas every December 24, and giant billboards of fortune telle... Lees meer

Great Leaps

Colin Thomas Flahive

• Paperback | Engels
• In Great Leaps, Colin Flahive explores China's rural-urban migration against the backdrop of his own transition from Colorado to southwest China. Ther... Lees meer

Tales from Victoria Park

Todd Crowell

• Paperback | Engels
• Victoria Park in Hong Kong is the crossroads for thousands of Muslim women who come from Indonesia to find their fortunes - or at least support their ... Lees meer

Tin Hats and Rice

Barbara Anslow

• Paperback | Engels
• "I can't visualise us getting out of this, but I want to TRY to believe in a future," wrote 23-year-old Barbara Anslow (then Redwood) in her diary on ... Lees meer

Whispers and Moans

Yeeshan Yang

• Paperback | Engels
• With glitzy nightclubs, saunas, karaoke lounges and brothels, Hong Kong's sex business is booming. But how do local prostitutes compete with an endles... Lees meer

Thai the Knot

Pop Soisangwan

• Paperback | Engels
• American men are beguiled in their thousands by the enchanting women of Thailand. But many make poor choices when it comes to marrying women whose nee... Lees meer

Hong Kong on Air

Muhammad Cohen

• Paperback | Engels
• For TV producer Laura Wellesley, the morning show at FGN Asia means going to bed before dark and swallowing the first rule of broadcast news: the anch... Lees meer

The Chakrata Incident

Neville Sarony

• Paperback | Engels
• High-flying Gurkha officer Max Devlin is posted to a unique unit of the 22s - India's Special Frontier Force - composed of Tibetan men and women, to t... Lees meer

Guildworks

• Paperback | Engels
• With its slick cover, solid editing, and often compelling work, Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild bears few signs of self-publicatio... Lees meer

Chinese Gods

Jonathan Chamberlain

• Paperback | Engels
• Chinese folk religion is the underlying belief system of more than a billion people. Wherever there is a Chinese community there are temples and shrin... Lees meer

The Peak

Richard J Garrett

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• The Peak is Hong Kong's top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bus... Lees meer

Diamond Hill

Feng Chi-Shun

• Paperback | Engels
• "Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong at a time when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. We moved there ... Lees meer

Waiting for the Dalai Lama

Annelie Rozeboom

• Paperback | Engels
• Why does the issue of Tibet rouse such passions on both sides? To find out, Annelie Rozeboom interviewed Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, as well as... Lees meer

Roots, Fruits, Shoots and Leaves

Pam Shookman

• Paperback | Engels
• Have you ever wondered about that wacky-looking fruit staring back at you in the market? Or did you want to know how to prepare a seasonal Chinese veg... Lees meer

The Taste of Old Hong Kong

Fred Schneiter

• Paperback | Engels
• Reminiscences and recipes of favorite international dishes from households, fancy restaurants and back lanes which you can enjoy today in Hong Kong, t... Lees meer

Hong Kong Beat

Simon Roberts

• Paperback | Engels
• Sex, drugs, gambling, ghosts, drinking, rugby, overseas adventures - and even some police work. Hong Kong on the edge of empire was a place teeming wi... Lees meer

Chung Ying Street

Lau Chi-Pang

• Paperback | Engels
• When colonial mandarins expanded the borders of Hong Kong in 1898, they cared little that the new frontier cut straight through the middle of a small ... Lees meer