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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Cheung, Karen, 1993-     Subjects     Cheung, Karen, 1993-     Journalists -- Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.     Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.     Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cheung, Karen, 1993-       by title:      The impossible city ...       by call number:      951.25092 C526i     Search the Web     Cheung, Karen, 1993-     Cheung, Karen, 1993-     Journalists -- Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.     Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.     Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.       MARC Display

The impossible city : a Hong Kong memoir / Karen Cheung. by Cheung, Karen, 1993- Random House, 2022. Call #: 951.25092 C526i Subjects Cheung, Karen, 1993-   Journalists -- Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.   Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.   Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Hong Kong (China) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780593241431 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Hong Kong memoir Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xix, 320 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320). Summary:  "In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience, as well as countless interviews with the artists, protestors, students, and writers who have made Hong Kong their home, journalist Karen Cheung gives us an insider's view of this remarkable city, making the case along the way that we should look to Hong Kong as a warning sign for what lies ahead for other global democracies. Coming of age in the wake of Hong Kong's reunification with China in 1997, Cheung traverses the multifold identities available to her in childhood and beyond, whether that was at her English-speaking international schools, where her classmates were often the children of diplomats or corporate officers, or within her deeply traditional family. Along the way, Cheung gives a personal account of what it's like to seek out affordable housing and mental healthcare in one of the world's most expensive cities. She also takes us into Hong Kong's vibrant indie music and literary scenes--youth-driven spaces of creative resistance. Inevitably, Cheung brings us with her to the protests, where her understanding of what it means to belong to Hong Kong finally crystallized"--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.25092 C526i Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.25092 C526i Core Collection - Adult Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList

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