Download or read book Chinese Business Groups in Hong Kong and Political Change in South China 1900-1925 written by S. Chung and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-04-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics can be a profitable business as can be found in Republican era Canton amidst a politically fragmented China. Competing merchant groups in Hong Kong sought to finance the regional Canton government in return for financial concessions. This patronage system made commercial endeavours dependent on politics and embedded business in politics.