Last Hong Kong Summer

Author : Kieran James
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781398410619

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Last Hong Kong Summer by Kieran James Pdf

Set in suburban To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, in the summer of the political riots, John, Paul, George, and Richard – the four Beatles, as they are known – find themselves caught up in the murder of a family member of a friend, plus a suicide and domestic violence. They begin to learn that schoolyard practical jokes have unforeseen and unpleasant consequences in the adult world outside of the classroom. They also encounter an unlikely middle-aged adversary, their old school’s psychologist, Mr Zhao. As the allegations and counter-allegations of violence threaten to spiral out of everyone’s control, how will the four get out of trouble?

Author : G.J. Carey, M.L. Chalmers, D.A. Diskin, P.R. Kennerley, P.J. Leader, M.R. Leven, R.W. Lewthwaite, D.S. Melville, M. Turnbull and L. Young
Publisher : Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789627508021

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The Avifauna of Hong Kong by G.J. Carey, M.L. Chalmers, D.A. Diskin, P.R. Kennerley, P.J. Leader, M.R. Leven, R.W. Lewthwaite, D.S. Melville, M. Turnbull and L. Young Pdf

Based on 41 years of Hong Kong Bird Watching Society records and surveys, including the first comprehensive breeding bird survey carried out in Hong Kong. A detailed analysis of the changing status and distribution of each species in Hong Kong, together with a review of 20 years of waterbird count data, an assessment of the effect of the wild bird trade on birds in Hong Kong and a summary of data collected as part of a long-term ringing programme make this an essential reference to the status and distribution of the birds of south China.

Author : Esther Yau
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474412674

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Hong Kong Neo-Noir by Esther Yau Pdf

The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinema, this book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique and culturally specific version of the neo-noir genre, while at the same time drawing on and adapting existing international noir cinemas. With a range of contributions from established and emerging scholars, this book illuminates the origins of Hong Kong neo-noir, its styles and contemporary manifestations, and its connection to mainland China. Case studies include classics such as The Wild Wild Rose (1960) and more recent films like Full Alert (1997) and Exiled (2007), as well as an in-depth look at the careers of iconic figures like Johnnie To and Jackie Chan. By examining at its past and its contemporary development, Hong Kong Neo-Noir also points towards the genre's possible future development.

Author : Solomon Bard
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789622095748

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Voices from the Past by Solomon Bard Pdf

Through excerpts from the earliest English language newspapers in Hong Kong, accompanied by Solomon Bard's insightful comments, Voices From the Past provides unique glimpses into Hong Kong's history. Illustrated with interesting photographs, chiefly from the Hong Kong Museum of History's photographic library, the pages bring Hong Kong's colonial past vividly to life. The newspaper excerpts, in chronological order, are faithful to the original text, reproducing its quaint prose and spelling and even occasional errors. Focusing mainly on Hong Kong, the excerpts also touch on Macao, mainland China and the rest of the world. They reflect the changes over the years in language, style of writing, even in humour. Of special interest are the public responses to the many inventions which today we take for granted, such as electric lighting, the motor car, or the first attempts at flying. Most importantly, they reveal the gradual changes in Hong Kong's colonial attitudes as these slowly adjust to the new contemporary values and social and political changes.

Author : Bob Beatty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313051609

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Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong by Bob Beatty Pdf

On July 1, 1997, China took control over Hong Kong, where Britain had begun a process of introducing democracy. Beatty examines the process of democratization in Hong Kong, with the argument that democratic development will continue, despite being under Chinese rule. Through a series of 128 interviews with 89 Hong Kong elites from 1997-2002, including legislators and party leaders as well as participant and direct observation of 15 campaigns for the Legislative Council in 1998, Beatty analyzed political leaders beliefs and commitment towards democratic development and institutions and put them into the context of the post-handover environment. Evidence from the interviews is used to test the proposition that adherence to Asian values undermines democracy and Beatty probed Hong Kong elites about their beliefs regarding the rule of law, freedom of the press, civil liberties, and the possible trade-offs between economic development and democratization. A major finding from the in-depth interviews is that while Hong Kong political elites reject the Sinapore model and the Asian Values argument, many do believe in trade-offs between economic development and democratization. Beatty also offers sharp insight into the thinking of Hong Kong political elites and transcends the particular politics of Hong Kong and delves in the broader subject of elite beliefs and attitudes. An important analysis for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with China, Hong Kong, Asian politics and political values, and political development in general.

Author : Royal Observatory (Hong Kong)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Geomagnetism
ISBN : UCAL:C2999004

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Meteorological Observations Made at the Hongkong Observatory by Royal Observatory (Hong Kong) Pdf

Author : Wei-chin Lee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031337765

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Protests, Pandemic, and Security Predicaments by Wei-chin Lee Pdf

This book examines how Asian countries have responded to urgent challenges against a backdrop of climactic political developments, as well as the effects of issue linkage in policy making. Chapters are arranged according to localities but interlinked through their thematic and critical analyses. The section on Hong Kong focuses on the theme of protests, highlighting its intersection with identity and generational shifts in addition to legal, political and economic changes before and after the adoption of Hong Kong National Security Law. The section examining Taiwan’s policies discusses electoral calculations, identity reconstruction, cross-Strait stalemate and alliance maneuvers within USA-China-Taiwan triangular international relations, providing an overview of its domestic and external policies. Through their analysis, the authors here determine that China has emphasized the prerogatives of history, culture and territorial sovereignty in its dealings with the Hong Kong protests and Taiwan, and that cross-Strait analysis must be deliberated and ultimately determined within the USA-China-Taiwan triangular framework. In the final section, authors examine the USA’s role and policy in dealing with both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Hegemonic power transition has been a primary concern in both countries with the USA’s hegemonic status facing daunting challenges from China, increasingly perceived as an ascending revisionist power waiting to overtake the USA in the future.

Author : Wen Liu,JN Chien,Christina Chung,Ellie Tse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811646591

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Reorienting Hong Kong’s Resistance by Wen Liu,JN Chien,Christina Chung,Ellie Tse Pdf

This book brings together writing from activists and scholars that examine leftist and decolonial forms of resistance that have emerged from Hong Kong’s contemporary era of protests. Practices such as labor unionism, police abolition, land justice struggles, and other radical expressions of self-governance may not explicitly operate under the banners of leftism and decoloniality. Nevertheless, examining them within these frameworks uncovers historical, transnational, and prefigurative sightlines that can help to contextualize and interpret their impact for Hong Kong’s political future. This collection offers insights not only into Hong Kong's local struggles, but their interconnectedness with global movements as the city remains on the frontlines of international politics.

Author : Helena Hsi-Chia Chen
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041194916

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Environmental Law in Hong Kong by Helena Hsi-Chia Chen Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in Hong Kong. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the sources and principles of environmental law, environmental legislation, and the role of public authorities. The main body of the book deals first with laws aimed directly at protecting the environment from pollution in specific areas such as air, water, waste, soil, noise, and radiation. Then, a section on nature and conservation management covers protection of natural and cultural resources such as monuments, landscapes, parks and reserves, wildlife, agriculture, forests, fish, subsoil, and minerals. Further treatment includes the application of zoning and land-use planning, rules on liability, and administrative and judicial remedies to environmental issues. There is also an analysis of the impact of international and regional legislation and treaties on environmental regulation. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for environmental lawyers handling cases affecting Hong Kong. Academics and researchers, as well as business investors and the various international organizations in the field, will welcome this very useful guide, and will appreciate its value in the study of comparative environmental law and policy.

Author : Kuo-Nan Liou,Ming-Dah Chou
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812818904

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Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences by Kuo-Nan Liou,Ming-Dah Chou Pdf

This book contains 22 peer-reviewed articles that cover a spectrum of contemporary subjects relevant to atmospheric sciences, with specific applications to the Asia-Pacific region. The majority of these papers consist of a review of a scientific sub-field in atmospheric sciences, while some contain original contributions. All of the accepted papers were subject to scientific reviews and revisions.The book is divided into 2 traditional fields in atmospheric sciences: atmospheric dynamics and meteorology; and atmospheric physics and chemistry. The authors of these papers are distinguished alumni of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the National Taiwan University, residing in the USA and Taiwan. This book is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences that occurred in 2004.Papers in atmospheric dynamics and meteorology cover the following subjects: El Ni¤o/Southern Oscillation, air/sea interactions, convection in the tropics, meiyu frontal systems, tropical cyclones/typhoons, data assimilations, and mesoscale modeling. In atmospheric physics and chemistry, subjects range from aerosols/clouds interactions, heat budgets in the context of air/sea interactions, atmospheric radiative transfer, remote sensing of the oceans, Asian dust outbreaks and clouds, reviews of cloud microphysics and urban ozone formations, to a satellite GPS system for typhoon studies and weather predictions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : HARVARD:HW283E

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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ming K. Chan,Gerard A. Postiglione
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563248700

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The Hong Kong Reader by Ming K. Chan,Gerard A. Postiglione Pdf

This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, as well as Frank Ching, Berry F. Hsu, Reginald Yin-wang Kwok, Peter Kwong, Julian Y.M. Leung, Ronald Skeldon, Alvin Y. So, Yun-wing Sung, and James T.H. Tang - the majority of whom live and work in Hong Kong and experience the transition firsthand, personally and professionally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Economic history
ISBN : OSU:32435074088758

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Foreign Economic Trends and Their Implications for the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marilyn Laura Bowman
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781460288832

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James Legge and the Chinese Classics by Marilyn Laura Bowman Pdf

Long interested in the history of China and in the countries of the Silk Road, she has travelled widely in Asia and Europe, seeking places with their historical connections. Her encounter with James Legge combined her professional interests with her interests in Asian history. The challenging events that James Legge experienced across his life in Hong Kong revealed his exceptional linguistic talents and steadfast resilience, her own "peculiar department", as Legge described his interests. As she discovered his rich blend of talent and resilience in a setting of great political and cultural conflict, she wanted more people to know about this outstanding man.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10486601

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The London and China Telegraph by Anonim Pdf