Night Of the Hunter

Lau Hiu Fai makes a pistol out of his thumb and forefinger, cocks his wrist and aims at an imaginary target across the room. "Locked and loaded," he says, looking over with a wide, confident, closed-mouth grin. It's 11:35 p.m., and he's ready for sport. This is a night for kau lui — a woman-hunting night.

After a few beers on the couch in his apartment in Hong Kong's Wanchai district, Fai stands up to adjust his carefully unkempt clothes — gray T shirt and navy cotton flat-front pants worn low on the hips. He's wearing a pair of black-frame glasses and...

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