![]() ![]() ![]() Yet English-language readers might not find a book that captures Hong Kong in such visceral detail and humanity as Cheung’s, from its tragic political history to its hierarchical educational system, its woeful mental-health-care system, its failure to provide affordable housing to its people, its stultifying Confucian family ethos, and its heroic but embattled arts scene. ![]() Hong Kong journalist Cheung pushes back mightily on those who think her hometown could be summed up in one tome: “Never trust anyone who holds themselves out as such,” she warns. ![]()
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