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Nancy Kwan as the titular prostitute in The World of Suzie Wong.
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Then & Now by Jason Wordie
Hong Kong’s Western brothel madams – separating truth from urban legend
- From the mid-19th century onwards all licensed brothels in the British colony were run by women
- American madam Rosalie Lewis, part of a prisoner exchange from Stanley internment camp in 1942, sent reassuring letters to the families of her fellow POWs
Updated: 10:52am, 23 Nov, 2019
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Nancy Kwan as the titular prostitute in The World of Suzie Wong.
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Pig faces hang in a wet market. Photo: Alamy
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Then & Now by Jason Wordie
Cannibalism in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong – when food shortages made human flesh the only option
- Despite a lack of first-hand, verifiable accounts, limited supplies during and immediately after World War II undoubtedly drove the starving to desperate means
Updated: 9:43am, 15 Nov, 2019
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