... Lyemun reservoir land military and naval Starling Inlet Hong Kong Military Garrison Sources military geography Britain The islands of the south [China Sea] were of utmost importance … If under our control, our southern border would be secure … They [the British] travelled far away and put so...

... coding Lord Vermont V C Monogamy Triple Supremacy Triple Taboo x A Turn of Fortune's Wheel Vajiravudh Saransom Britain plays Siam royal family As Walter Spies eventually would, Prince Vajiravudh had said his own “farewell to last forever” to Europe — as Daisy Spies would put it — years earlier...

... steering system Keying’s Foster Birkett images of the Keying Batavia fouling marine borers Singapore Worcester G R G nanyang and China coastal trades China Hong Kong Britain Keying Junk Nathan Dunn Naval First Opium War Maritime The Keying was a large, sea-going junk...

... was fleeting. Perhaps it was the increasing financial distress, Kellett took the risk to sail from Boston to Britain in the worst of winter. February is one of the coldest months and gales are 20 to 30 percent more frequent than in March or April. During the repairing of the rudder, the second mate was drowned...

... of Rock Brothers and Payne Tosen no Zu newspaper reports steering system Keying’s China Hong Kong Britain Keying Junk Sino-British relations Naval First Opium War Maritime Structure Identifying exactly what sort of junk the Keying was is as difficult, and important...

... maintenance and spares steering system Keying’s Worcester G R G Agincourt HMS Description the Royal Navy ships science and technology cargoes ballast photography rigging Keying’s images of the Keying medals commemorative Tosen no Zu China Hong Kong Britain Keying Junk Sino-British relations...

... William St Aubin’s Bay Jersey guangchuan design Guangdong Shipbuilders’ rule of thumb Liura da fabrica das naos cargoes Charles River Bridge liao measurement tonnage and liao compared Longjiang Shipyard Treatise fuchuan design nanyang and China coastal trades China Hong Kong Britain Keying...

... Atlantic North cargoes monsoons performance junk rigged vessels China Hong Kong Britain Keying Junk Sino-British relations Naval First Opium War Maritime Structure If the sail area mentioned in the various descriptions is accurate, the Keying was quite generously canvassed...

...This chapter discusses Hong Kong during the Japanese siege. During the early stages of the Anti-Japanese War, Britain believed that Hong Kong like Singapore was an “impregnable fortress” so long as Britain remained neutral—a position that would not prompt Japan to invade Hong Kong...

... the diminished yet still proliferating Cultural Revolution. When the Cultural Revolution was finally contained, China began to pave its path as one of the leading manufacturing places in the world. With Britain's lease about to expire and with the increasing ties of Hong Kong to mainland China, many...

...This chapter analyzes the intimate relationship between the homeland and the diaspora. It first offers a critical overview of Ann On-wah Hui's films to show the centrality of the diaspora in her oeuvre. It then explores the film's representations of homelands (Britain, China, and Japan...

... Territories to Britain are discussed. In addition, the preparations for War during March-April 1899 are highlighted. The chapter then outlines the factors driving the insurgents into armed opposition. Kowloon Nga Tsin Wai village Tai Hang village area Tai Po New Market Tai Po Tau Yuen Long market town...

... Britain and the United States for the China market compelled the U.S. to adopt an autonomous China policy after the Opium War (1839–42). East India Companies European English East Indian Company EIC Gallagher John Opium War First Robinson Ronald Blussé Leonard Dutch East India Company VOC Empress...

... US president Parker Peter Opium War Second Taiping rebellion Ye Mingchen Boston Chinese Museum Peters Cohongs Dunn Nathan Pan Shicheng Peters John Sr Wu Shaorong diplomacy Qiying United States Great Britain portraits gifts trade When exchanges become closer there must be greater...

...This chapter examines the processes of collaboration in the eChina-UK Developing e-Learning for Teachers (DEfT) project. This project involves the collaborative development of an e-learning module by academics from the University of Sheffield in Great Britain and from the Beijing...

... John Rationale of Judicial Evidence Bentham edited by JB Colonial governor Free trade Polyglot Liberalism Britain Hong Kong China Unitarianism Politics Radical Spain, for years the priest-ridden enemy, became for the British a source of romance and political engagement. Its liberal promise...

... sought by JB Westminster Review Babbage Charles Bowring Maria daughter of JB Bowring Sarah mother of JB Hackney London Mill James Bentham George Colls John quoted Place Francis Colonial governor Free trade Polyglot Liberalism Britain Hong Kong China Unitarianism Politics Radical...

... as secretary of Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Belgium creation of supported by JB Bentham Jeremy Leopold I King of the Belgians Palmerston 3rd Viscount Caroline Queen Cobbett William Greek loan affair Hazlitt William Hunt Mr landowner and orator Manchester Observer “Philosophical Radicals...

... Scotland Select Committee on Handloom Weavers textile industry Bolton child labour Factory Act JB opposes O'Connell Daniel secret ballot JB's support for Whigs Bentham Jeremy Britain Dickens Charles education emigration free trade Iloilo Philippines 206 illegitimacy Industrial Revolution...

... Reform Association Poor Law 1834 First Opium War Hong Kong Lancashire Plug Drawing Riots Quakers strikes workers Thompson Colonel Perronet Treaty of Nanjing 1842 Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Adams John Quincy Condition of the Working Class of England The Engels Gladstone William Ewart...