![]() ![]() Richard Mason’s The World of Suzie Wong is dated, but a classic and nonetheless shows the old Hong Kong, one that people were reminiscing about in ’97, as attested by the many old Hong Kong-themed parties that summer. Jan Morris’ Hong Kong is something I read back in 1990 or 1991, but she came out with a new edition just before the Handover and it was all the rage in Hong Kong in 1997. I’ve listed them here along with some others that were published years or even decades before the Handover. In Hong Kong just before the Handover, some new books and some old favorites were all the rage in the expat community. POPULAR BOOKS BEFORE AND DURING THE HANDOVER None of these are listed in any particular order. While few have anything to celebrate and it’s no more than a morose milestone, I thought I’d put together a list of books that people were reading in Hong Kong 20 years ago as the Handover approached, and books that pertain to it either pre-1997 or post. Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover from Great Britain to China. ![]()
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