His viral Instagram videos on Hong Kong’s libraries are ‘like a time capsule’

Hongkongers are likely to have already seen Steven Harrison Stratman’s videos of him exploring every library in the city on their Instagram feeds. In his clips, Stratman – better known as @authorshstratman online – captures everyday scenes of libraries from Shau Kei Wan to Tiu Keng Leng, from children flipping through picture books to the architecture. His narrated videos even document the journeys he takes to get there and explain the area’s history, as well as review the library itself. It is a format that has netted him nearly 30,000 followers on Instagram. One video of the public library in Tin Shui Wai has 1.5 million views and more than 80,000 likes. Stratman first visited Hong Kong in 2016. Photo: Li Anqi The 32-year-old from the US state of Ohio first visited Hong Kong in 2016 as an exchange student at Baptist University to study Chinese philosophy. He enjoyed his time so much that he decided to return to the city in 2019.
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