At midnight on 30 June 1997 Hong Kong ceased to be a British colony and became a Special Administrative Region of the People�s Republic of China. Instead of gaining independence, this most capitalist of cities was absorbed within the world�s largest communist state. Reclaimed Land offers an analysis in words and images of Hong Kong�s colonial transition, focusing not on the much-documented ceremonies which surrounded the handover of sovereignty itself but on the longer term process of transformation of which the events of mid-1997 were but one part. Using images selected from an archive of photographs taken by David Clarke on a daily basis between the end of 1994 and the beginning of 2001, this innovatively conceived book offers a personal and critical perspective on the life of one of the world�s most vibrant cities during a time of great change and self-questioining.