An illustrated overview of Hong Kong that describes its history, people, homes, transportation, education, industries, and recreation. Includes a time line and a glossary.
The children of a war-photographer father and beautiful but remote mother, Frankie and Kate, two American sisters, grow up in Hong Kong during the turmoil of the Maoist revolution of the late 1960s.
When war and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong tears Pei's adopted family apart, she is forced to make it on her own while struggling to keep herself and her extended family alive.
A Chinese boy hurries home from school to his family's houseboat in Hong Kong harbor. It is the end of the school year, and he is anxious to join his father and grandfather in their family profession, fishing.
Mei-ling Wang, the daughter of an English mother and a Chinese father who share the Communist vision, is forced to flee her homeland in 1968 in the midst of political turmoil, embarking on a journey of self-discovery that will lead her to reexamine her beliefs about herself and her country.
A memoir in which the author discusses her move at the age of five from Hong Kong to Denver where her family worked in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant, and recalls her struggles trying to live in the increasingly disparate worlds of Chinese tradition and American independence.
"Growing up in 1960s Hong Kong, a young girl dreams of becoming a writer in spite of conventional limits placed on her by society and family."--Provided by publisher.
Describes the geography, government, economy and culture of Hong Kong along with a short history and timeline of key events such as the Opium Wars and the 1997 turnover from British to Chinese rule.
Jake Grafton and his wife Callie travel to Hong Kong to determine how deeply the U.S. consul-general is embedded in a political money-raising scandal, but when Callie is kidnapped, Jake's mission takes a more sinister turn.
