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About Shun-kau Ngan

Ngan Shun-kau is an editor, writer, essayist who lives in Hong Kong

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Posted on 31 March 2022 by Shun-kau Ngan

Ngan Shun-kau 顏純鈎 (Yan Chun-gou, born 1948) is a writer, literary editor, and a seasoned observer of Chinese politics. Born in Hong Kong, Ngan grew up in the coastal province of Fujian. Like many of the youth in his generation, Ngan threw himself wholeheartedly into the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and rose to become a leader … more

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