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Poxy Chicken : Sweet and Sour Memories of Hong Kong's Last Colonial Years, Hardback Book

Poxy Chicken : Sweet and Sour Memories of Hong Kong's Last Colonial Years Hardback

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This book tells the story of expatriate life in the final years of the UK's last Asian colony, and the meeting of cultures, West with East.

For Frank Wingate, who was an expatriate in Hong Kong for more than twenty years, an adventure planned to last two years turned into a lengthy love affair.

Both socially and professionally, Hong Kong proved a stimulating and rewarding experience.

In this series of reflections, Frank looks back on the humour, frustrations and serious aspects of life in the territory.

Nicknamed "Poxy Chicken" by his first class of Chinese students, making a pun of his name transliterated into Cantonese, he recounts some amusing stories, others less amusing, comments on food, language and sex, and on darker moments, such as the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:200 pages
  • Publisher:Austin Macauley Publishers
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  • ISBN:9781784557676

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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:200 pages
  • Publisher:Austin Macauley Publishers
  • Publication Date:
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  • ISBN:9781784557676