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Light and Shade : Sketches from an Uncommon Life
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ISBN: 1283017024 9786613017024 9888052519 9789888052516 9789622099494 9622099491 Year: 2009 Publisher: Hong Kong : Baltimore, Md. : Hong Kong University Press, Project MUSE,


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Hong Kong in the Cold War
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ISBN: 9888390104 9789888390106 9789888208005 9888208004 Year: 2016 Publisher: Hong Kong, [China] : Hong Kong University Press,

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The Cold War was a distinct and crucial period in Hong Kong's evolution and in its relations with China and the rest of the world. Hong Kong was a window through which the West could monitor what was happening in China and an outlet that China could use to keep in touch with the outside world. Exploring the many complexities of Cold War politics from a global and interdisciplinary perspective, 'Hong Kong in the Cold War' shows how Hong Kong attained and honed a pragmatic tradition that bridged the abyss between such opposite ideas as capitalism and communism, thus maintaining a compromise between China and the rest of the world.


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Conjecturing Hong Kong's future : Lam Hang-chi's editorials from the Hong Kong economic journal 1975-1984
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ISBN: 9882377025 9789882377028 9629968371 9789629968373 Year: 2018 Publisher: Sha Tin New Town, Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press,

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1975-1984: the decade leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration witnessed the rise of China from an isolated country to a serious economic player on the world stage and the decline of the British empire. Torn between the two was Hong Kong, a stable and prosperous British colony with an almost wholly Chinese population, a city world-renowned for money-making with little interest in politics. What would be Hong Kong's fate after 1997? At times astute and uncannily prescient, at other times wildly imaginative, Lam Hang-chi's daily editorials in the Hong Kong Economic Journal analyzed and conjectured Hong Kong's options at the time. His opinions sparked debates and frequently provided a focal point for the discussion on Hong Kong's future; His views on housing, assimilating immigrants, the collusion of politics and business, issues that are foremost in Hong Kong today, still inform. For the first time, they are made available in English.


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Paradigm city : space, culture, and capitalism in Hong Kong
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ISBN: 0791477223 1441603654 9781441603654 0791476650 9780791476659 9780791477229 9780791476666 0791476669 Year: 2009 Publisher: Albany : SUNY Press,


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Remade in Hollywood : the global Chinese presence in transnational cinemas
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ISBN: 9882207359 128270933X 9786612709333 988805273X 9789888052738 6612709332 9622090559 9789622090552 9622090567 9789622090569 Year: 2009 Publisher: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor],

Colonial Hong Kong in the Eyes of Elsie Tu
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ISBN: 1282705822 9786612705823 9882200796 9789882200791 9622096069 9789622096066 Year: 2003 Publisher: Hong Kong : Baltimore, Md. : Hong Kong University Press, Project MUSE,

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This is a book with strong messages for today. Mrs Tu's deep concerns about the current international scene have the most immediate and obvious topical relevance. But there is an equally strong lesson in her description of the corruption that used to be so pervasive in Hong Kong and her battles against it.


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Via ports : from Hong Kong to Hong Kong
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ISBN: 9882209203 9789882209206 Year: 2012 Publisher: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor],

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Sir Alexander Grantham became Governor of Hong Kong in 1947 and served until 1957. His term of office saw rapid reconstruction and growing prosperity after World War II. Civil war and revolution in China drove hundreds of thousands of refugees into the British colony, while tense relations between Britain and the new People's Republic gave rise to difficult and potentially explosive incidents in Hong Kong. Plans for democratic reform were quietly dropped as Grantham instead crafted an authoritarian form of government that combined strong leadership with gradual social reform - a system that lasted almost to the end of colonial rule. In this elegant memoir, first published by the Hong Kong University Press in 1965, Grantham describes his thirty-five years in the British colonial service, which began in Hong Kong in 1922 and ended here in 1957; he also held senior positions in Bermuda, Jamaica, Nigeria and the South Pacific. Only a few of Hong Kong's former governors have published anything about their terms of office here, but Grantham's stands out as the most interesting and substantial. Via Ports is an important first-hand account of the workings of Britain's colonial system. It also contains vivid, often amusing anecdotes about life behind the scenes in Government House during the long twilight of the British Empire.


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Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule
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ISBN: 9814447676 9789814447676 9789814447669 9814447668 Year: 2013 Publisher: Singapore Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub. Co.

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This edited volume is a compilation of the analyses written by East Asian Institute experts on Hong Kong since the handover. It covers most, if not all the important events that have taken place in Hong Kong since 1997, including its economic integration and relations with China, its governance conundrums, the Hong Kong identity and nation-building, the implementation of the minimum wage, and the elections from 2011-2012. The book's panoramic view of Hong Kong makes it a useful resource for readers who seek a broad understanding of the city and how it has evolved after its return to China.


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City at the end of time : poems by Leung Ping-kwan
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ISBN: 1283629577 9786613942029 9882208371 9789882208377 9781283629577 9789888139354 9789888139361 9888139355 9888139363 Year: 2012 Publisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press,

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Written by Leung Ping-kwan in the 1980's and 1990's, this volume of poetry evokes the complexity of Hong Kong city life in the critical moments preceding the 1997 handover. The poet muses upon the problems of cultural identity and the passing of time, and explores the relationship between poetry and other genres and media within a cross-cultural and cross-border context. An introduction by Ackbar Abbas in the original edition relates Leung's writing to the cultural and political space of Hong Kong in the 1990's. This expanded bilingual version adds a new essay by Esther Cheung, and also a recent


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Islam in Hong Kong
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ISBN: 9888180169 9882208401 128387010X 9882208827 9789882208407 9789882208827 9781283870108 9789888139576 9888139584 9789888139583 9888139576 Year: 2012 Publisher: Hong Kong [China] Hong Kong University Press

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More than a quarter of a million Muslims live and work in Hong Kong. Among them are descendants of families who have been in the city for generations, recent immigrants from around the world, and growing numbers of migrant workers. Islam in Hong Kong explores the lives of Muslims as ethnic and religious minorities in this unique postcolonial Chinese city. Drawing on interviews with Muslims of different origins, O'Connor builds a detailed picture of daily life through topical chapters on language, space, religious education, daily prayers, maintaining a halal diet in a Chinese environment, racism, and other subjects. Although the picture that emerges is complex and ambiguous, one striking conclusion is that Muslims in Hong Kong generally find acceptance as a community and do not consider themselves to be victimised because of their religion.

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