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Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man respons
Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World
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A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. For 150 years as a British colony, Hong
A Borrowed Place
Language: en
Pages: 668
Authors: Frank Welsh
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About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
A Concise History of Hong Kong
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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
Take Back Our Future
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In a comprehensive and theoretically novel analysis, Take Back Our Future unveils the causes, processes, and implications of the 2014 seventy-nine-day occupatio