A look back on the fateful day when Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. While it was a British colony, Hong Kong was a cosmopolitan city where East met West openly. It has now become an uneasy flash point where China confronts the world. The pomp and diplomacy of the 1997 handover ceremony now seem quaint and fanciful. The book is a first-person narrative of the day when History came calling. "T ...Täielik kirjeldus
A look back on the fateful day when Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. While it was a British colony, Hong Kong was a cosmopolitan city where East met West openly. It has now become an uneasy flash point where China confronts the world. The pomp and diplomacy of the 1997 handover ceremony now seem quaint and fanciful. The book is a first-person narrative of the day when History came calling. "The best non-fiction books combine the epic and the personal," Canadian author Gordon Pitts writes in a review of Tea Before the Rain in May 2020. "Read this book to understand what Hong Kong is today."