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Hong Kong
Jan Morris

Hong Kong

Vintage (Dec 17, 1989)
9780679724865
| Paperback
369 pages | 140 x 198 mm | English
Dewey 915.125045
LC Classification DS796.H757 .M67 1989

Subject

  • Hong Kong (China) - Description And Travel
  • Hong Kong (China) - History

Plot

Combining firsthand reportage with exemplary research, Morris takes readers from Hong Kong's clamorous back alleys to the luxurious Happy Valley racecourse, where taipans place their bets between sips of champagne and bird's nest soup. Morris chronicles the exploits of traders, pirates, colonists, financiers, and shows how their descendants view the prospect of reunification with the Chinese mainland. What emerges is an epic tableau, vastly informed and pungently evocative.