Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance
- ISBN-10
- 081665025X
- ISBN-13
- 9780816650255
- Series
- Hong Kong
- Pages
- 155
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- M. Ackbar Abbas
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