From Shanghai to Hung Hom by Train

I have just completed one of the most amazing train journeys I've done so far - from Shanghai to Hung Hom (Hong Kong). I had been in Shanghai planning more translations of my books into Chinese, hitting it off with the editor-in-chief (who looks like an ageing rock star) at VI Horae Press, and planning a stint as visiting professor at Fudan State University through government funds supporting the study of Marxism. But then I had to get to Hong Kong for a conference, and what better way to do so