- Overview
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"This book is an introductory guide to Hong Kong portraying every nook and cranny of Hong Kong that you've never known."
- Book Intro
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This work is a collection of essays of Professor Ryu Yeongha who has constantly explored identities of Hong Kong.
The book contains writings from 30 years of studying, and living and traveling in Hong Kong. The author who has observed Hong Kong, wandering around the city of gleaming lights, shows his deep, sharp view toward Hong Kong. Reading his 20 essays depicting the city leads you to fall into the charm of the city with multi-colored aspects.
"Stroll in Hong Kong" neither show only the dazzling sides of the city that we've already known nor turns eyes to marginal views of back alleys. Instead, the book embraces various aspects of Hong Kong, with 20 key words under 5 sections - "walking", "riding", "eating", "seeing", and "knowing".
In "Walking", the author talks about sceneries that you encounter walking around the city, from Victoria Park to Manmo Temple to close-packed, tall buildings and leisurely scenery between the buildings. The "Riding" section describes vehicles conveying the unique mood of Hong Kong such as the double deck bus and the tram. The "Eating" section discusses about
culinary culture of the city featured with dim sum, the food representing magnanimity, Cha Chan Tang, a Hong Kong style hybrid menu including food and tea, and the like. The "Seeing" section talks about famous tourist attractions and special sites in Hong Kong, for example, Symphony of Light, Hong Kong Reader Bookstore, and ChungKing Mansion. The "Knowing" section sheds light on the identities of Hong Kong encompassing Cantonese, Hong Kongers, and capitalism and examines the city's future aspects.
"Stroll in Hong Kong" looks into the present Hong Kong that struggles under the Chinese banner of "Make People Chinese Citizens Again". The author discusses about China trying to "educate" Hong Kong people and the Hong Kong society showing strong resistance against the policy, which poses question about freedom and identities.
- About the Author
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Ryu Yeongha
(English) Ryu Yeongha majored in Chinese language and literature in Korea, and acquired a master's degree and a doctor's degree, majoring in Chinese modern literature in Hong Kong. Ryu served as a visiting professor at the center for Chinese studies of the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor of Chinese Language Department at Baekseok University, a founder of East Asian Studies Consilience Forum, and a research professor of the China-Korea Culture Studies Center at Nanjing Normal University.
He authored "Chinese Nationalism and Hong Kong Mainlandism", "People's Republic of China, Read by Image", "Cultural Space Called Hong Kong", "Hong Kong: a City with a Thousand Faces", and translated "Post Cultural Revolution" and "A Letter from Shanghai".
(Vietnamese) Tác giả là giáo sư nghiên cứu Trung Quốc tại Đại học Baekseok, một học giả thỉnh giảng tại Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Trung Quốc UC Berkeley, Mỹ, và giảng dạy tại Viện Văn học Quốc gia Đài Loan tại Đại học Thanh Hoa. Ông là tác giả của 『 Hệ thống Trung Quốc - Hồng Kông như một phương pháp 』,『 Đi dạo ở Hồng Kông 』(Giải văn học xuất sắc),『 香港 弱化 - 以 香港 歷史博物館 的 敘事 為 中心 』,『 Chủ nghĩa dân tộc Trung Quốc và Chủ nghĩa đại lục Hồng Kông 』,『 Hong Kong: City of Thousand Expressions 』 và “Không gian văn hóa của Hồng Kông” (Sách học thuật xuất sắc của Bộ Văn hóa).
- Bestseller Rank
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"Ranked No. 1 in travel essay category of Aladin for 4 weeks in January 2019."
