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Hong Kong

by Jan Morris · 1988

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In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World-renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and comprehensive study of the enigma of Hong Kong thus far.

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traveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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ChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisHong KongHong KongMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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