The Red And The Gold

The Red and the Goldcommunism and capitalism peacefully--and profitably--coexist in that exotic outpost of british colonialism: hong kongBuilt on conquest and contraband, founded by men whose lack of moral principles would have endeared them to the Mafia, the British crown colony of Hong Kong is, in the purest sense of the word, a freak, a congenital malfunction of history and politics. Illegitimate by birth, it took to crime at an early age and, though it has been a loyal son--sending everythin...