Lost in Transition

Lost in TransitionLooks at the fate of Hong Kong's unique culture since its reversion to China. In this timely and insightful book, Yiu Wai Chu takes stock of Hong Kong's culture since its transition to a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong had long functioned as the capitalist and democratic stepping stone to China for much of the world. Its highly original popular culture was well known in Chinese communities, and its

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