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The 1997 Hong Kong handover was no laughing matter..."or maybe it was " Read the cartoons that chronicled the End of Empire: Hong Kong's last 100 days under British colonial rule.In March 1997 controversial, award-winning cartoonist Larry Feign was commissioned by a British newspaper to chronicle an [...]
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The 1997 Hong Kong handover was no laughing matter..."or maybe it was " Read the cartoons that chronicled the End of Empire: Hong Kong's last 100 days under British colonial rule.In March 1997 controversial, award-winning cartoonist Larry Feign was commissioned by a British newspaper to chronicle an unprecedented moment in history--The Reunification of China The End of the British Empire --and all the rumors, worst-case scenarios and unforgettable events: Pre-handover supermarket specialsLast-minute pregnancies before the one-child policy kicked inThe greatest onslaught of tacky souvenirs in historyThe invasion of the foreign journalistsBritain finally lifts a finger for Hong KongRead the entire series, plus cartoons from "Time Magazine" and elsewhere, and a Politically Incorrect History of Hong Kong. You'll laugh "almost" as loud as Chinese leaders laugh at Hong Kong people's calls for democracy Click "Look Inside" to read the first chapter and cartoons ""Feign has a piercing sense of irony and is laugh-out-loud funny.""
Nury Vittachi, "Far Eastern Economic Review"""Gratuitous cracks at po faced pontifications on the territory.""
Geremie Barme, "The Australian"""I was furious ""
Allen Lee, HK politician,
commenting on Feign's cartoons in "The Last Governor" by Jonathan Dimbleby