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Asia's World City
Asia’s World City
Author_Mark Peaker
Category=DND
Category=NHF
contemporary history
Coronavirus
COVID-19
cultural heritage
cultural history
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eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
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eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
free speech
Harry Harrison
Hong Kong
politics
social instability
Product details
- ISBN 9781914414787
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 12 Oct 2022
- Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Since 2003, Hong Kong has changed dramatically. In recent years, the city has been rocked by social instability and Covid-19, yet Hong Kong endures, evolving as it always has.
This book is a window into the events of a city that has been the author’s home for over two decades. It captures the events that at times shuddered the city to others that merely needed a mention. From politics to urinating taxi drivers, from culling animals to LGBT rights, it is a historical account and a chronicle of life in Asia's World City.
With illustrations by Harry Harrison, cartoonist of the South China Morning Post.
Mark Peaker is the co-founder of 3812 Gallery, a leading contemporary Chinese art gallery in Hong Kong and London. He is also chairman of Shakespeare 4 All, an NGO focused on using theatre for the benefit of children's education and development. In addition, Mark is a former vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, one of Hong Kong's oldest charities. He is also a founding member of SKETCH HONG KONG, an NGO created to help develop artistic talent and promote the preservation of Hong Kong's cultural heritage.
