Nancy Kwan as the titular prostitute in The World of Suzie Wong.
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Then & Now
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
Nancy Kwan as the titular prostitute in The World of Suzie Wong.
Pig faces hang in a wet market. Photo: Alamy
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Then & Now
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
Pig faces hang in a wet market. Photo: Alamy