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The impossible city by karen cheung
The impossible city by karen cheung









the impossible city by karen cheung the impossible city by karen cheung

But it is also misunderstood, and often romanticized. Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that now exists at the margins of an ascendant China a city rocked by mass protests, where residents rally-often in vain-against threats to their fundamental freedoms. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes.”- The New York Times Book Review A boldly rendered-and deeply intimate-account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.











The impossible city by karen cheung