The Hong Kong Story

Author : Caroline Courtauld,May Holdsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040534102

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The Hong Kong Story by Caroline Courtauld,May Holdsworth Pdf

This timely book chronicles the history of Hong Kong from its misty beginnings to the present day. The territory's unique and turbulent political and economic development form the backdrop to a still more compelling and human story. The essence of The Hong Kong Story is the interwoven sagas of the family dynasties and business houses - vital ingredients in transforming the barren rock' into a miracle city state. These families were by no means all British and Chinese: by the mid-nineteenth century Hong Kong was already a cosmopolitan city with a prominent American contingent. It is the collective spirit of these nationalities - grit, optimism, practicality, ruthlessness, generosity, resilience - that lies at the heart of modern Hong Kong's unique East-West chemistry. The book follows the waxing and waning fortunes of these dynasties and entrepreneurs through the convulsions of the Opium Wars, the collapse of imperial China, Japanese occupation, mass immigration, communist takeover in China, the Cultural Revolution, frequent booms and busts, and the approach of one country, two systems'. It a fascinating story of how human enterprise, rising above ethnic divides, has endowed a coastal enclave in Asia with not only unimaginable riches but a unique identity.

Author : Peter Waller
Publisher : Unique Archives
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9887792845

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Lost Hong Kong by Peter Waller Pdf

Hong Kong is one of the world's most exciting cities and its story is one of constant change. From a sleepy fishing community, Hong Kong has grown into one of the world's most significant financial and trading centres. Hong Kong Island itself has witnessed massive rebuilding over the years, with much of the colonial-era architecture swept away and replaced by skyscrapers. Moreover the first high-rise buildings from the late 1950s are now themselves under threat, as the constant requirement for more accommodation - for people and for businesses - continues. The Kowloon peninsula and the New Territories have also experienced development, whilst the construction of the new airport saw the destruction of an entire island to create the material for the its foundations. This pressure for land has seen reclamation far extend the coastline of Hong Kong Island. Over the years photographers have recorded the changing face of Hong Kong - its street scenes, buildings and people. This new book - drawing upon images from a wide range of sources, most of which are previously unpublished - provides a pictorial tribute to a lost world. Once-familiar but now long-gone scenes offer a tantalising glimpse back at a time that in chronological terms may be relatively recent, but which now seems to be in the distant past.

Author : Steve Tsang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857714817

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A Modern History of Hong Kong by Steve Tsang Pdf

This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to 'Mother China', the most powerful Communist state in the world.

Author : Frank Welsh
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015009127526

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A Borrowed Place by Frank Welsh Pdf

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

Author : George S. MacDonell
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550024081

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One Soldier's Story 1939-1945 by George S. MacDonell Pdf

This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.

Author : John Mark Carroll
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0742534227

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A Concise History of Hong Kong by John Mark Carroll Pdf

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 in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The book explores Hong Kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where Chinese history, British colonial history, and world history intersect. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of Hong Kong's reintegration with China, and significant developments and challenges since 1997.

Author : Xi, Xi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Travel
ISBN : UCSC:32106011715460

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My City by Xi, Xi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9622098053

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Plague, SARS and the Story of Medicine in Hong Kong by Anonim Pdf

"The volume covers Hong Kong's medical development in the period from 1841 to early 2005, including the history of hospitals and medical education, and the role of the Bacteriological Institute. It is a record of how the health care system has evolved and how the territory has been able to cope with the massive increase in population."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Man-Kong Wong,Chi-Man Kwong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811628061

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Hong Kong History by Man-Kong Wong,Chi-Man Kwong Pdf

This book aims at providing an accessible introduction to and summary of the major themes of Hong Kong history that has been studied in the past decades. Each chapter also suggests a number of key historical figures and works that are essential for the understanding of a particular theme. However, the book is by no means merely a general survey of the recent studies of Hong Kong history; it tries to suggest that the best way to approach Hong Kong history is to put it firmly in its international context.

Author : Christine Loh,Richard Cullen
Publisher : Abbreviated Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9881662966

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No Third Person by Christine Loh,Richard Cullen Pdf

Two leading thinkers argue that it is time for Hong Kong to create a new narrative of its role within the People's Republic of China.

Author : Peter E. Hamilton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231545709

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Made in Hong Kong by Peter E. Hamilton Pdf

Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and remaking of postwar global capitalism and as the linchpin of Sino-U.S. trade since the 1970s. Peter E. Hamilton explores the role of an overlooked transnational Chinese elite who fled to Hong Kong amid war and revolution. Despite losing material possessions, these industrialists, bankers, academics, and other professionals retained crucial connections to the United States. They used these relationships to enmesh themselves and Hong Kong with the U.S. through commercial ties and higher education. By the 1960s, Hong Kong had become a manufacturing powerhouse supplying American consumers, and by the 1970s it was the world’s largest sender of foreign students to American colleges and universities. Hong Kong’s reorientation toward U.S. international leadership enabled its transplanted Chinese elites to benefit from expanding American influence in Asia and positioned them to act as shepherds to China’s reengagement with global capitalism. After China’s reforms accelerated under Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong became a crucial node for China’s export-driven development, connecting Chinese labor with the U.S. market. Analyzing untapped archival sources from around the world, this book demonstrates why we cannot understand postwar globalization, China’s economic rise, or today’s Sino-U.S. trade relationship without centering Hong Kong.

Author : Moira M W Chan-Yeung
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789882370784

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A Medical History of Hong Kong by Moira M W Chan-Yeung Pdf

This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of the colonial administration and the socio-economic status of the Hong Kong affected the policies of development in these areas. It also recounts how the bubonic plague of 1894 changed the government's laissez-faire attitude towards sanitation and public health and began sanitary reforms and developed public health infrastructure.

Author : Steve Tsang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857730831

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A Modern History of Hong Kong by Steve Tsang Pdf

This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to 'Mother China', the most powerful Communist state in the world.

Author : Christine Cappio(張雪婷)
Publisher : 商務(香港)印書館
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789620771606

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Gweimui's Hong Kong Story  by Christine Cappio(張雪婷) Pdf

She crossed from France to Hong Kong for her true love, stepped into an unknown world with……amazing wet markets, the pace of life, a funny title “lou-po”(wife). This is a journey of a French young woman turning into a Honghonger. From the bizarre wet market to colourful decorations for local festivities, Christine invites you to enjoy her daily adventures in a Chinese society which she calls home.

Author : Michael Sheridan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197576250

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The Gate to China by Michael Sheridan Pdf

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 the world in which we live. The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on documents from archives in China and the West, interviews with key figures and eyewitness reporting over three decades. The story takes the reader from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century to the age of globalisation, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the fight for democracy on the city's streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. As the West seeks a new China policy, we learn from private papers how Margaret Thatcher anguished over the fate of Hong Kong, sought secret American briefings on how to deal with Beijing and put her trust in a spymaster who was tormented by his own doubts. The Chinese version of history, so often unheard, emerges from memoirs and documents, many of them entirely new to the foreign reader, which reveal China's negotiating tactics. The voices of Hong Kong people eloquent, smart and bold speak compellingly here at every turn. The Gate to China tells how Hong Kong was the gate to China as it reformed its economy and changed the world, emerging to challenge the West with a new order that raised fundamental questions about freedom, identity, and progress. Told through real human stories and a gripping narrative for the general reader, it is also critical reading for all who study, trade or deal with China.