This work is a collection of essays of Professor Ryu Yeongha who has constantly explored identities of Hong Kong.

The book contains writings from 30 years of studying, and living and traveling in Hong Kong. The author who has observed Hong Kong, wandering around the city of gleaming lights, shows his deep, sharp view toward Hong Kong. Reading his 20 essays depicting the city leads you to fall into the charm of the city with multi-colored aspects.

Stroll in Hong Kong neither show only the dazzling sides of the city that we’ve already known nor turns eyes to marginal views of back alleys. Instead, the book embraces various aspects of Hong Kong, with 20 key words under 5 sections - “walking”, “riding”, “eating”, “seeing”, and “knowing”.

In “Walking”, the author talks about sceneries that you encounter walking around the city, from Victoria Park to Manmo Temple to close-packed, tall buildings and leisurely scenery between the buildings. The “Riding” section describes vehicles conveying the unique mood of Hong Kong such as the double deck bus and the tram. The “Eating” section discusses about culinary culture of the city featured with Dimsom, the food representing magnanimity, Cha Chan Tang, a Hong Kong style hybrid menu including food and tea, and the like. The “Seeing” section talks about famous tourist attractions and special sites in Hong Kong, for example, Symphony of Light, Hong Kong Reader Bookstore, and ChungKing Mansion. The “Knowing” section sheds light on the identities of Hong Kong encompassing Cantonese, Hong Kongers, and capitalism and examines the city’s future aspects. 

Stroll in Hong Kong looks into the present Hong Kong that struggles under the Chinese banner of “Make People Chinese Citizens Again”. The author discusses about China trying to “educate” Hong Kong people and the Hong Kong society showing strong resistance against the policy, which poses question about freedom and identities.

Ryu Yeongha He majored in Chinese language and literature in Korea, and acquired a master’s degree and a doctor’s degree, majoring in Chinese  modern literature in Hong Kong. Ryu  served as a visiting professor at the center for Chinese studies of the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor of Chinese Language Department at Baekseok University, a founder of East Asian Studies Consilience Forum, and a research professor of the China-Korea Culture Studies Center at Nanjing Normal University.

He authored Chinese Nationalism and Hong Kong Mainlandism, People’s Republic of China, Read by Image, Cultural Space Called Hong Kong, Hong Kong: a City with a Thousand Faces, and translated Post Cultural Revolution and A Letter from Shanghai.