Jan Morris – one of the world’s pre-eminent travel writers – depicts the city of Hong Kong in 1988, tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China’s future.
A portrait of the British Empire's last, most anachronistic outpost, as the countdown to the handover gathers momentum. It depicts a city tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China's future. It captures the contradictions and mad terror of Hong Kong.
