About the author:
Zhang Yawen was born in 1944, has been selected as a "national level writer" by the China Writer's Association, and is a recipient of the central government's honorary stipend provided to distinguished men and women of letters. She is a past winner of the Lu Xun Prize, the national "Best Works Award", and the Xu Chi Award for Non-Fiction Novels. Her collected published works, including novels, non-fiction novels, essays, and plays, total tens of thousands of pages. Her novel A Chinese Woman at Gestapo Gunpoint was given as a gift by President Xi Jinping to King Phillipe of Belgium. Her works have been translated into English, French, and Hindi, among other languages.


Editor's Choice:
Sixteen years after the return of Hong Kong to China, what change has happened to it? In which way does mainland China influence the development of Hong Kong? How do Hong Kong people identify themselves and look at their relationship with China? What inspiration and self-reexamination does Hong Kong bring to mainland China? This book looks at Hong Kong's history since 1997 from diverse perspectives including education, culture, charity, organization of the local government, and issues regarding Hong Kong's future development.


About the book:
What sort of changes has Hong Kong seen in the eighteen years since its return to China. And what sort of support has the motherland provided to Hong Kong's development? How has the support influenced it? Do the people of Hong Kong feel a sense of belonging where the motherland is concerned? And what sort of enlightenment and reflection has Hong Kong occasioned in the mainland?
The author has strived to portray the reality of post-return Hong Kong, including: the tests faced by the PLA's Hong Kong garrison (as well as its achievements); the path to success and the contributions of a number of Hong Kong's elites; charity in Hong Kong; the lives of the city's people, as well as its culture, media, and education; the origins of clean governance in Hong Kong; the challenges the city faces, and its prospects.
The author has written the truth of Hong Kong post-return. Some chapters, particularly the one on clean governance, go beyond simply portraying Hong Kong's success; they hold instructive value for both the mainland and many other countries and regions.


Contents:
Foreword Summons and Meditations 5
Chapter 1 The Long, Arduous Sino-UK Negotiations 13
Chapter 2 The motherland is strong, because it has me!
Hong Kong is strong, because it has me! 109
Chapter 3 Beneath the Lion Rock: Hong Kong's Spirit
of Struggle 139
Chapter 4 Silent Love, Pure Feelings 169
Chapter 5 Years Lost from Extraordinary Lives 199
Chapter 6 Daily Life In Hong Kong: Medicine,
Culture, Media, and Education 261
Chapter 7 From Corruption to Clean Government:
a Difficult Metamorphosis 291
Chapter 8 To what do centuries past summon us? 322
Afterword Using Right to Write Truth 371