It always seems like I end one year and start a new one reading books published by Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong. Today as I waited for my kids at Sunday School and stayed indoors as the snow blanketed Chicago, I sat down with Lena Sin and Nicholas Tay's How to Hong Kong: An … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hong Kong: An Appointment with China
Hong Kong has never been more at a crossroads with One Country, Two Systems than it is now. So to understand more, I recently delved back into the past with Steve Tsang's 1997 narrative, Hong Kong: An Appointment With China (I. B. Tauris, 1997).On a personal level, I never … [Read more...]
Book of week–Colour-in Hong Kong
When I was in Hong Kong a couple weeks ago, I had a shopping list for friends and family. I almost feel like I can't go there without a list. Even when I lived there, I was constantly on the lookout for jewelry, mahjong sets, and clothing items folks back home asked me to buy for … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Fear of Flying
I'd heard of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying for decades. It's known of course as a racy novel about a married woman who is in search of the "zipless f*&^"--an affair without any emotional attachments. But what I didn't know was that Fear of Flying is an AMWF novel … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Streets: Exploring Kowloon
I'm not one to shy away from a Hong Kong guidebook--always comparing what's in them with what I remember from living there 20-25 years ago--but when I learned about Jason Wordie's Streets: Exploring Kowloon (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), I grabbed it extra quickly.The … [Read more...]
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