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“Hannah knelt to get a closer look at the trail of holes. “Last night’s vandal wore stilettos.” The two men stared at her, confused. “English, please. You’re talking to country boys.”

Book:Colorado Takedown

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“How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices. The Chinese didn't want our clothes, tools, or salted herring, and who can blame them? They had no demand. Our solution was to make a demand, by getting large sections of the populace addicted to opium, a drug which the Chinese government had outlawed. When the Chinese understandably objected to this arrangement, we kicked the fuck out of them, set up a puppet government in Peking that hung signs on parks saying NO DOGS OR CHINESE, and occupied this corner of their country as an import base. Fucking godawful behavior, when you think about it. And we accuse them of xenophobia. It would be like the Colombians invading Washington in the early twenty-first century and forcing the White House to legalize heroin. And saying, "Don't worry, we'll show ourselves out, and take Florida while we're at it, okay? Thanks very much.”

China Drugs Hong Kong Opium Opium Wars

Book:Ghostwritten

Source: Ghostwritten

“You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.”

Travel Hong Kong

Book:Hong Kong: The City of Dreams

Source: Hong Kong: The City of Dreams

“... a fine way to capture a piece of the magic of a unique city. The drama, the charm and the beauty of Hong Kong is all here-just as is its breathless energy.”

Hong Kong

Book:Hong Kong: The City of Dreams

Source: Hong Kong: The City of Dreams

“I guess you probably won't be drinking the Johnnie Walker Black Label I brought for you," Corinna remarked. "I honor your gesture, but I only drink reverse-osmosis water these days, " Bernard said. "I honor your gesture?" My God, look what happens to Hong Kong men when they move to California, Corinna thought in horror.”

Humor Dialogue California Satire Hong Kong Kevin Kwan China Rich Girlfriend

Book:China Rich Girlfriend

Source: China Rich Girlfriend

“China was the opposite world. If you want to know what Hong Kong would have looked like without the British, you only need to take a look across the border.”

China British Empire Hong Kong Chinese Politics British Hong Kong

Author:Bruce Gilley

“Tony Blair had just been elected prime-minister and he and his foreign secretary, Robin Cook, were totally uninterested. In the pouring rain they were looking at the military parade from underneath their umbrella, for the transfer at midnight. Their entire attitude signalled something like: ‘’Can we go now?”

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Author:Bruce Gilley

“They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else--the cold, and where he'd go in it--was outside, for a while anyway.”

Fighting Relationships Family Cold Winter Everything Stuck To Him

Book:What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

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