Hong Kong 20/20 Reflections on a Borrowed Place

by Ho, Tammy; Ng, Jason Y.; Saran, Mishi; Schafer, Sarah; Wong, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9789887792765
• ISBN10: 9887792764
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-09-07
• Publisher: Blacksmith Books

Summary

The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong’s smooth transition from colonial to Communist rule under the auspices of the ‘one country, two systems’ framework. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just starting to register: the city’s near-total economic integration with the mainland, a massive influx of Chinese visitors, simmering cross-border tensions and a rapid erosion of freedoms. Believing that we are stronger and louder together, PEN Hong Kong invited some of Hong Kong’s most prominent literary and creative minds to reflect on the city’s post-colonial development, in a definitive compendium of essays, poems, fiction and artwork that marks this historical milestone.

Michael Braga · Mary-Jean Chan · Jennifer S. Cheng · Kris Cheng · Chow Hon Fai · Larry Feign · Harry Harrison · Gérard Henry · Louise Ho · Oscar Ho Hing Kay · Tammy Ho Lai-Ming · Sarah Howe · Law Lok Man, Louise · Arthur Leung · Leung Ping-Kwan · Louisa Lim · Shirley Geok-lin Lim · Lui Wing Kai, Eric · William Nee · Jason Y. Ng · Margaret Ng · Timothy O’Leary · Michael O’Sullivan · Ilaria Maria Sala · Mishi Saran · Shahilla Shariff · Shen Jian · So Mei Chi · Tang Siu Wa · Eddie Tay · Chip Tsao · Stephen Vines · Marco Wan · Wawa · Kate Whitehead · Joshua Wong · Nicholas Wong · Xu Xi · Marco Yan · Chris Yeung · Douglas Young

With forewords by Timothy Garton Ash and Kevin Lau Chun-to.

Author Biography

PEN Hong Kong is one of the 148 centers of PEN International. Founded in 2016, it is a not-for-profit bilingual society of Hong Kong-based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics, aimed at promoting literature and defending the freedom of expression in Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Foreword by Timothy Garton Ash
Foreword by Kevin Lau Chun-to
Acknowledgements
Timeline of Key Events

Essays
China’s New Colony by Stephen Vines
Ma Ma Land by Chip Tsao
Promises and Reality by Chris Yeung
The Mix-ups by Louisa Lim
How I End up Here by Tang Siu Wa
On Anger and Love in Post-Occupy Hong Kong by Timothy O’Leary
Have Political Parties Reached the End of the Road? by Margaret Ng
Hometown by Kris Cheng
Safe Harbour? by William Nee
Dignity and Shame, Or, a Personal Take on LGBTQ Rights in Hong Kong by Marco Wan
Re?ections from a Gweilo on Being Out of the Loop by Michael O’Sullivan
My Journey as a Student Activist by Joshua Wong

Poetry
Four poems by Eddie Tay
Three poems by Lui Wing Kai, Eric
Two poems by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Three poems by Nicholas Wong
Two poems by Wawa
Two poems by Louise Ho
Two Systems by Sarah Howe
Umbrella Poetics by Jennifer S Cheng
Peculiar Orchid by Arthur Leung
Two poems by Law Lok Man, Louise
Three poems by Marco Yan
Foundations by Shahilla Shari?
This Is How You Go Back by Mary-Jean Chan
Three poems by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
Five poems by Chow Hon Fai
Three poems by Leung Ping-Kwan

Fiction
Twenty Years by So Mei Chi
Key Strokes by Loong Hei by Xu Xi
Walking through Hong Kong by Mishi Saran
City of Darkness by Michael Braga
The Peak by Kate Whitehead
Lantau Island by Ilaria Maria Sala
It Was All Wasted by Shen Jian
Castaway by Jason Y Ng

Cartoons and Sketches
Britain Lifts a Finger by Larry Feign
Loss by Oscar Ho Hing Kay
Handover by Harry Harrison
Tai Hang Nullah by Gérard Henry
Jungle by Gérard Henry
Happy Return by Douglas Young
Umbrella by Harry Harrison
Hong Kong: 99 Days and Counting by Larry Feign
Going Up in Smoke by Larry Feign
Atelier Wong Yan-kwai by Gérard Henry
Care Home by Harry Harrison

Notes
Contributors
About PEN Hong Kong