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HONG KONG
JOURNEY GOING BEYOND ACT TO UNDERSTANDING THE FRAGRANT HARBOR written and photographed by Kevin Max
“To understand is difficult; to act is easy.” —Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as quoted in Great Britain and the East, 1944
M
y first visit to Hong Kong came in April, as rains subsided and temperatures pushed into the 80s and humidity in the 90s. In a city of 7.4 million people over two main land masses, I was here to do it all—history, cuisine, art, and to walk or run as much as possible. I’ll admit that, until this trip, my knowledge of Hong Kong formed little more than a thin film of its British rule, shumai dumplings and Bruce Lee. I know. I had a lot of acting to do that I hoped would lead to more understanding. I had one week.
56 1889 WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE
JUNE | JULY 2019
