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"""Hong Kong is one of the worlds greatest cities. It will be at the centre of some of the political and intellectual arguments of the century ahead. My own bet is that the success of Hong Kongs pluralist citizenship will come out on top whatever the challenges. Reading many of the contributions [in Hong Kong 20/20] confirms me in that view."" -- Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong ""Hong Kong 20/20 is a journey, both bleak and invigorating, through one of the worlds most extraordinary political experiments twenty years after the handover. It is opinionated, combative, energising, and unlikely to be available in a Xinhua bookstore near you."" -- Tom Phillips, China correspondent, The Guardian ""With original and imaginative interventions into a range of intellectual and personal positions, this anthology brings together our citys leading activists, intellectuals and writers who speak out against the deteriorating situation of the metropolis and contemplate its uncertain future. Their lucid and ingenious writings open up new vistas in our understanding of our past and present relations with China and the world."" -- Lo Kwai Cheung, director of Creative & Professional Writing Programme, Hong Kong Baptist University ""Seldom before have so many of the clearest-eyed observers provided such a broad set of essays, poems, short stories and cartoons about Hong Kongs evolution. Anyone passionate about the citys future, or even just curious, should read it."" -- Keith Bradsher, Shanghai Bureau Chief, The New York Times"

Hong Kong is one of the worlds greatest cities. It will be at the centre of some of the political and intellectual arguments of the century ahead. My own bet is that the success of Hong Kongs pluralist citizenship will come out on top whatever the challenges. Reading many of the contributions [in Hong Kong 20/20] confirms me in that view. -- Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong Hong Kong 20/20 is a journey, both bleak and invigorating, through one of the worlds most extraordinary political experiments twenty years after the handover. It is opinionated, combative, energising, and unlikely to be available in a Xinhua bookstore near you. -- Tom Phillips, China correspondent, The Guardian With original and imaginative interventions into a range of intellectual and personal positions, this anthology brings together our citys leading activists, intellectuals and writers who speak out against the deteriorating situation of the metropolis and contemplate its uncertain future. Their lucid and ingenious writings open up new vistas in our understanding of our past and present relations with China and the world. -- Lo Kwai Cheung, director of Creative & Professional Writing Programme, Hong Kong Baptist University Seldom before have so many of the clearest-eyed observers provided such a broad set of essays, poems, short stories and cartoons about Hong Kongs evolution. Anyone passionate about the citys future, or even just curious, should read it. -- Keith Bradsher, Shanghai Bureau Chief, The New York Times

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PEN Hong Kong 香港筆會 is one of the 148 centres of PEN International. Founded in 2016, it is a not-for-profit bilingual society of Hong Kong-based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics, aimed at promoting literature and defending the freedom of expression in Hong Kong. For more, visit www.penhongkong.org.

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