{"id":33459,"date":"2013-09-05T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=33459"},"modified":"2016-12-27T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:30:26","slug":"master-of-none-how-a-hong-kong-high-flyer-overcame-the-devastating-experience-of-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=33459","title":{"rendered":"Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksmithbooks.com\/9789881900272.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksmithbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blacksmith Books<\/a><br \/>\nOctober 2011<br \/>\n312 pages<br \/>\ncolour photo section<br \/>\nSize: 14.6 x 21.6 cm<br \/>\nHardback ISBN: ISBN: 978-988-19002-7-2<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hung\" target=\"_blank\">John Hung<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksmithbooks.com\/9789881900272.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blacksmithbooks.com\/Master%20of%20None_frontcovers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Does a man need a stint in jail to complete his life experiences?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Prison\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley Prison<\/a>, corporate high-flyer John T. Hung recounts his life in a sweep of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong<\/a> history over five generations \u2013 from his family roots in the 19th century through <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" target=\"_blank\">World War II<\/a> to the present.<\/p>\n<p>The story tracks the richness of his mixed heritage and upbringing, his steady rise and precipitous fall from the pinnacles of corporate Hong Kong to the life-destroying court case and heartbreaking incarceration.<\/p>\n<p>With wry and subtle humour, Hung describes his colourful yet volatile life, interwoven into the social, commercial, political and sporting tapestry of Hong Kong and South East Asia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Master of None<\/em> is a soulful exploration of human achievements, frailties, resilience in the face of adversity, and above all, the importance of family support in overcoming whatever fate may deal us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment Blacksmith Books October 2011 312 pages colour photo section Size: 14.6 x 21.6 cm Hardback ISBN: ISBN: 978-988-19002-7-2 John Hung Does a man need a stint in jail to complete his life experiences? From Stanley Prison, corporate high-flyer John T. Hung [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,395,11,8,17],"tags":[12146,15647,15646,15645],"class_list":["post-33459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-autobiography","category-books","category-media-archive","category-monographs","tag-blacksmith-books","tag-john-hung","tag-john-t-hung","tag-john-terence-hung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50957,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33459\/revisions\/50957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}