Hong Kong literature

Hong Kong literature reflects the area's unique history during the 20th century as a fusion of British colonial, Cantonese, and sea-trading culture.

[1] A second wave of writers came to Hong Kong in 1949 after the Communist Party of China's victory in the Chinese Civil War.

Because Hong Kong was a British colony for nearly all of the 20th century, it was spared the harsh censorship that the People's Republic of China and Taiwan endured at the hands of their political leaders.

These writers fell into three main categories: In addition to Vernacular Chinese writing, there is also a smaller body of literature in English.

Notable Hong Kong English language writers include Xu Xi, Stewart Sloan, Nury Vittachi, Colin McAdam, Rebecca Bradley, Larry Feign and Alan Jefferies.