But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics simplified for Western headlines. 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 once rallied against threats to their democracy and freedoms. But in a place that never allowed you to write your own history, even remembrance can be a radical act. An insider’s account of Hong Kong–from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music scene, to its unique history of youth-led protest–that explores what it means to survive in a city of broken promises.
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