![]() ![]() ![]() Various charts explain how the economy has left the majority of citizens behind, and why so many were upset enough to camp out in protest for all those months. The complex political system of Hong Kong is detailed in very readable fashion, with all the grievances spelled out. Umbrellas in Bloom covers a lot of ground. Now that he has written book-length political commentary, Ng has become a crucial player by being first to record the 2014 “Occupy Central” protest movement in any English-language book. ![]() While his previous books simply described modern Hong Kong social dynamics, the latest is explicitly political and an altogether different style than the others. Ng is the author of HONG KONG State of Mind and No City for Slow Men, and has now rounded out a trilogy with Umbrellas in Bloom: Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Uncovered (all published by Blacksmith Books). ![]()
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