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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

November 13, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 5 Comments

My alma mater in Hong Kong has been in the news this week after it became a battle zone Monday night. I’ve posted photos of the campus before, but I wanted to put many of them here together just to show what a beautiful and peaceful place it was.

The Chinese University was not what people thought of back then when they pictured Hong Kong. There were no bright neon lights and no congested traffic or double-decker buses. Instead, we had packs of wild dogs at night, monkeys sitting up in tree branches, and wild boars out in the surrounding hillside.

I remember the fragrances of the campus, from the flowers and trees, but also the smells of milk tea and Chinese fast food around the open-air canteens, or cafeterias.

I lived on campus for three years, and dated for the first time there, got engaged to someone else there, met lifelong friends there, and wrote a book partially set there.

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Hong Kong

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2012

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Comments

  1. Sawyer says

    May 20, 2020 at 7:20 am

    Im in the middle of reading your book “Good Chinese wife” when all of a sudden wanted to see if there’s any pictures of you at your uni. Then I found this! The images you portrayed on my mind came alive.
    Thank you for sharing your story with the world.

    Reply
  2. John Jay Sailors says

    November 24, 2019 at 11:01 pm

    Great photos! I studied there for two years.

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    • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

      May 20, 2020 at 11:08 am

      That is wonderful! It is such a special place. When were you there?

      Reply
  3. JK says

    November 13, 2019 at 10:21 am

    Great photos!

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    • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

      November 14, 2019 at 12:53 pm

      Thank you so much! I only wish I had more!

      Reply

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