At the Edge of EmpireFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 At the Edge of Empire is lauded by the likes of Francis Fukuyama as "a brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples." Edward Wong is praised by Barbara Demick as "about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find." In 1962, Edward Wong's father, disillusioned with Communism, fled China for Hong Kong and later the USA. From then on, he rarely spoke of his homeland, or his