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  • Location: Hong Kong

Gweilo

1950s: Martin Booth died in February 2004, shortly after finishing the book that would be his epitaph

  • Location: Bejing, China

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

1991 and back: A woman who fled China in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests tells her story..

  • Location: The Himalayas, Nepal, India

Thin Air

1935: A ghost story set on one of the highest mountains in the world – the greatest killer of them all.

  • Location: Shenzhen

Shenzheners

1980s onwards: The little Chinese mouse who roared. And the economic world took notice

  • Location: Guangdong province, Kaiping, Allandale

The Year of Finding Memory

2000s: We all find memories, but it’s the nourishing them and learning from them that is key.

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The Secret of Secrets

2025: Robert Langdon is back.

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