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Karen Cheung reflects on turmoil and pop culture in her Hong Kong memoir 'The Impossible City'

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Published August 23, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT

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We revisit host Scott Tong’s conversation with journalist Karen Cheung about her book “The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir” in February. She reflects on growing up in Hong Kong following the handover from Britain in 1997 and covering the turmoil following protests against the Chinese government in 2014 and 2019.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.