Watching the flag come down
Subtitle: an Englishwoman in Hong Kong 1987-97
By: Susanna Hoe
Publisher: Women's History Press; HOLO Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780954405670
Subjects: History; British; Biography
Description: At midnight on 30 June 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty after 150 years of British rule. The moment when the British flag came down was dramatic enough but the ten years leading up to it were full of surprising incident and change. These 'Letters from Hong Kong', written by an Englishwoman who was involved in those events from 1987, are both an unusual historical record and a heartwarming account of women's domestic, intellectual and political activity. This epilogue brings Hong Kong up to date ten years after the Handover.
Notes: Includes index.