Travel Reference
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Hong Kong Today
Just a few years ago, most Hong Kong residents would say return to Chinese
rule did not bring many changes, but since then, for many, things have gone
downhill. Rising tensions with mainland China and the Běijīng government
dominate Hong Kong politics and public sentiment these days, putting the
'One Country, Two System experiment in peril. In just 15 years, Běijīng has
highly politicised a city that was known for its political antipathy during 150
years of British rule.
Best on Film
The Grandmaster
(2013) Wong Kar-wai's stylish martial arts drama about the life of Wing
Chun grandmaster Ip Man.
Infernal Affairs
(2002) A crime-thriller directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak that inspired
Scorsese's
The Departed
.
Night and Fog
(2010) Auteur Ann Hui's darkly realistic drama on domestic violence and the
lives of migrant women.
Election I
and
II
(2005 and 2006) A complex two-part crime noir by Johnnie To about elec-
tions inside a Triad society.
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
(1996) Two mainland migrants take a reality check in the
maddening city.
Best in Print
City at the End of Time: Poems by Leung Ping-kwan
(Ed Esther Cheung; 2012) Leung
Ping-kwan aka Yesi was Hong Kong's unofficial poet laureate.
The Hungry Ghosts
(Anne Berry; 2009) Restless spirits haunt this excellent tale.
Hong Kong: A Cultural History
(Michael Ingham; 2007) The definitive title in this cat-
egory.
Triad
(Derek Lambert; 1991) A gripping British police superintendent vs Chinese under-
world yarn.
