Ten famous songs about Hong Kong – but don’t expect them to make sense or describe life in the city

Regardless of whether the global perception of Hong Kong has any basis in reality, the city has maintained a hold on the popular imagination for decades. However, the West’s fascination with Hong Kong has often been reductive. As interest in the place has grown, the more Hong Kong – as it appears in music, literature, television, works of art and video games – becomes less like a city actually populated by human beings. Nowhere is this more clear than in the portrayal of Hong...

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