![]() ![]() Her new book released earlier this year, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir explores how a young generation of Hong Kongers constructed their identity and their sense of belonging in the post-handover era. For Cheung, the moment symbolised the beginning of an era, one which promised possibilities for Hong Kongers to seek a new postcolonial identity. The event, which marked the city’s reversion from British to Chinese rule, was the beginning of the ‘ One Country, Two Systems’ arrangement, which promised Hong Kongers a high degree of autonomy from Chinese political and legal systems. Karen Cheung was four years old when Hong Kong’s handover took place in 1997. In his review of “The Impossible City”, Angelo Wong interviews author Karen Cheung on her motivation for writing her memoir, discussing poignant moments of identity, belonging and the deep seated problems of Hong Kong both in the past and the future. ![]() “This city is no more than its mountaintop views, the quirky language with too many swear words, its nightlife and street food, if we do not make the place our own”. ![]()
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