Hong Kong as a City of Disappearance
In Abbas’ Hong Kong: Culture and Politics of Disappearance (1997), Hong Kong is presented as a city of disappearance, where there exists a gap, or hysteresis, between the city and its representation through media and architecture. Hong Kong exists in a limbo between its identity as a British colony and a Chinese city, and an overarching sense of nostalgia colours our image into one of a fleeting, unstable nature. Abbas contends that our image of the city is one that views Hong Kong from a distant and impersonal lens; architecture and iconic landmarks are used as easily recogniseable symbols to represent