“The Chinese and the British were not exactly saintly. What they called the Join Declaration and the Basic Law are just another form of confusion and exploitation. There will be no peace in Hong Kong. An expiry date of 2047 is a curse.” Hong Kong Book:Diamond Hill Source: Diamond Hill
“All immigrants are dreamers, I suppose, and nearly everyone in Hong Kong is an immigrant one way or another.” ImmigrantsHong KongDreamers Book:Diamond Hill Source: Diamond Hill
“We are in a state of transition here. In fact, everyone in Hong Kong is obsessed with one single date: 1 July 1997. The whole city is in a state of violent change, moving from one regime we are used to loathing, to another one we are loath to get used to.” PoliticsChinaBritainHong Kong1997The Handover Book:Diamond Hill Source: Diamond Hill
“I wondered how there could be a custody battle when Hong Kong was already a fully grown adult and all she wanted was exactly what her parents did, the wealth of the entire globe.” PoliticsHong Kong1997The Handover Book:Diamond Hill Source: Diamond Hill