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The fight to save Hong Kong’s past from its future – Sydney Morning Herald
After nearly two decades, the history museum’s Hong Kong Story exhibition is closing. When it reopens after two years, the story it tells will be unrecognisable….
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In July, the Hong Kong government jailed the protesters; in October, they sacked the teachers. Now they are coming for the museum.
In a small corner of Hong Kong’s cultural district, a battle is being waged over the city’s past. The rundown, confused and often forgotten Hong Kong Museum of History has become its own case study: how does a city tell the story of its past when it wrestles daily with its future.
At stake is a clash of historical…
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