From a British to a Chinese Colony? Hong Kong Before and After the 1997 Handover

From a British to a Chinese Colony? Hong Kong Before and After the 1997 Handover
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Publisher : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B
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ISBN-10 : 1557291772
ISBN-13 : 9781557291776
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Download or read book From a British to a Chinese Colony? Hong Kong Before and After the 1997 Handover written by Gary Chi-hung Luk and published by Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B. This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: straddling the handover: colonialism and decolonization in British and PRC Hong Kong / Gary Chi-hung Luk -- Part I. British colonial legacies -- The Comprador System in nineteenth century Hong Kong / Kaori Abe -- Government and language in Hong Kong / Sonia Lam-Knott -- A ruling idea of the time? The rule of law in pre- and post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A. G. Jones -- Part II. Hong Kong, Britain, and China(s) -- From Cold War warrior to moral guardian: film censorship in Hong Kong / Zardas Shuk-man Lee -- The roots of regionalism: water management in postwar Hong Kong / David Clayton -- Economic relations between the mainland and Hong Kong: an 'irreplaceable' financial center / Leo F. Goodstadt -- Part III. Decolonization, retrocession, and recolonization: new perspectives -- At the edge of empire: Eurasians, Portuguese and Baghdadi Jewish communities in British Hong Kong / Felicia Yap -- Reunification discourse in between Chinese nationalisms / Law Wing Sang -- From citizens back to subjects: constructing national belonging in Hong Kong's national education center / Kevin Carrico


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