This historical study traces unrest and social transformation in Hong Kong and explores how merchants, the intelligentsia and labourers played important roles i

When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already

An epic history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. Essential reading for anyone wishing to deal with China or to understand t

About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.