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Dragon Sought By Young Boy
Dragon Sought By Young Boy
Hong Kong Rebound
HONG KONG REBOUND by Stephanie Han I tightly hold my father’s hand as we approach a red building near the escalator, a bar in Central. He explains to me, this is where the rich foreigners drink and watch football. My father cannot afford to drink here, nor would he be welcome if he stepped foot [...]
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Invisible
INVISIBLE by Stephanie Han This is how to become invisible in Hong Kong. Ideally you should resemble a Han Chinese, which is to be fair of face with dark hair and flat high cheekbones. You should be attractive, but not so much that you gain attention in any unusual way, but attractive enough to pass [...]
The Ladies of Sheung Wan
THE LADIES OF SHEUNG WAN by Stephanie Han She couldn’t take another step. I’ll just stop for a moment, Yuk Ki said to herself. Just sit, right here. She didn’t. She knew what would happen if she sat down on the steps by the exit of the neon lit café in Sheung Wan; it wasn’t [...]
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Book Review
Feng Chi-shun's "Diamond Hill: Memories of growing up in a Hong Kong squatter village" (Blacksmith Books; 195 pages) is an excellent and fast read for those who want an honest depiction of life for a majority of Hong Kong denizens in the 1950s-1960s.
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A Garden’s Bones