Eileen Chang
Eileen Chang (1920-1995) was born in Shanghai. She studied literature in Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, where she published two works, Now a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee ... [... more]
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Rory Boland
Written by Phil Macdonald, Revised by Rory Boland National Geographic Traveler: Hong Kong, 3rd Edition Phil Macdonald Rory Boland [... more]
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Erich Follath
Erich Follath, 50, ist promovierter Politologe und Germanist. Er war Stern-Korrespondent in Hongkong und New York, spaeter Auslandsressortleiter von Stern und Spiegel. Heute arbeitet er als Autor beim Spiegel. Buchveroeffentlichungen u.a. Das ... [... more]
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Jon Berkeley
In a busy harbor, in the faraway island of Hong Kong, there is a floating restaurant. This restaurant is home to Chopsticks, a tiny gray mouse. Chopsticks befriends a wooden dragon who wants to fly. On the night of the full moon, during Chinese ... [... more]
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John Burdett
John Burdett is a nonpracticing lawyer who worked in Hong Kong for a British firm until he found his true vocation as a writer. Since then, he has lived in France and Spain and is now back in Hong Kong. He is the author of Bangkok 8, A Personal ... [... more]
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Jim Rohwer
Jim Rohwer is a senior contributing editor at Fortune magazine and a private consultant who has lived in Hong Kong since 1991. He was previously editor and publisher of Asia, Inc., executive editor of The Economist, and a chief economist for Asia ... [... more]
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Marla Stewart Konrad
Marla Stewart Konrad is a speechwriter and communications professional. Her career has taken her to Hong Kong, where she lived for two years, and to numerous countries in Asia and Africa. She is keenly interested in global issues and has a ... [... more]
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Claudine C. O'Hearn
Claudine Chiawei O'Hearn was born in Hong Kong and raised in Asia and Europe. She lives in New York City, where she works as an editor. As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin ... [... more]
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Dileri Borunda Johnston
Imagine that you're from England, or India, or Hong Kong, and your English is impeccable. But when you travel to America, you get a funny look when you tell a colleague,"I'll knock you up tomorrow at half-eight." And you can't find bangers on a [... more]
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Ma Jian / AUTHOR CATALOG
Ma Jian left Beijing for Hong Kong in the early eighties because he was unable to publish his work in China. After the hand-over of Hong Kong he moved to Germany and then London, where he has lived for four years, writing and publishing his ... [... more]
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Carolyn Choa
Born and educated in Hong Kong, Carolyn Choa works as a film producer and choreographer in London. David Su Li-Qun was resident playwright at the National Union Theatre in Beijing until emigrating to England in 1984. Since then he has taught at ... [... more]
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Jess Row / AUTHOR CATALOG
The characters in Jess Row's remarkable fiction inhabit "a city that can be like a mirage, hovering above the ground: skyscrapers built on mountainsides, islands swallowed in fog for days." This is Hong Kong, where a Chinese girl and her [... more]
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