... for much of the period since up to 1990. It refutes the erstwhile claim that Taiwan was tainted by its period as a Japanese colony and therefore not really Chinese. It then recounts the various campaigns employed by the Kuomintang government in China from the 1920s to 1949 and in Taiwan from 1945 to 2000...

... War lobby in London military intelligence the Warlike party as war’s origin Hong Kong as a British colony Treaty of Nanking The year 1834 was not one of great change to the Sino-British relations, as scholars of the Opium War wanted it to be. ¹ When Napier went to Canton that year...

...Celebrated as a trading port, Hong Kong was also Britain’s “eastern fortress”. Likened by many to Gibraltar and Malta, the colony was a vital but vulnerable link in imperial strategy, exposed to a succession of enemies in a turbulent age and a troubled region. This book examines Hong Kong’s...

..., with ananikhom becoming the preferred term in theoretically informed accounts of imperialism (Thai: jakkawat-niyom). For example, “postcolonialism” is rendered as lang-ananikhom-niyom (lit. “after-colonyism”) and Thongchai translates Herzfeld's notion of “crypto...

... evolved in previous centuries and which continue to serve the residents who live and work there. On the other hand, this perspective instills great faith in modernist housing alternatives that have had limited success worldwide. This chapter focuses on Kathputli Colony—a settlement of traditional artists...

...This chapter focuses on the British Handover of Hong Kong to China. On 30 June 1997, Hong Kong ceased to be a British colony and became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. This transition entailed no change in the territory's tax system. The Inland Revenue...

... of the territory's business interests. For students of British imperialism, it provides a compelling case-study of relations between London and a recalcitrant colony. For Hong Kong's own tax professionals, it corrects the notion that the territory's tax system was the product of governmental design. And for tax...

... that these men, all “cadet officers” (now called “administrative officers)”, were members of the small group that constituted the core of the governing system in the then British colony, regularly moving between different jobs so as to gain experience and to be able to see the big picture when making decisions...

...This is a guide-book that brings forth the art and architecture of Macao and the baroque treasures that make the territory of Macao so attractive. The book aims to help with an understanding of the complex history and layout of the city as a Portuguese ex-colony founded in the sixteenth century...

..., this book gives a voice to people whose lives have been profoundly affected by the dramatic changes, as Hong Kong transitioned from an entrepôt to an international financial centre and from a colony to become a part of China. The book contributes to the ongoing search for Hong Kong identity in the Special...

..., it is impossible to understand fully the history of the ex-colony and its role in the international relations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Anglo Satsuma War Boxer Rebellion Brennan torpedo China Station Crimean War First Opium War Japan Royal Navy Second Opium War United States Weihaiwei France...

... Reginald Kemp Joseph Malay States plague Sanitation Scotland Smith Sercombe British Consular Service cadets China and Japan communism in cities coolies Oxford Guangzhou Loveday Thomas malaria Shamian Guangzhou yamen Colonial Office brothels Cantonese chopsticks London opinion...

... Precaution Service (ARP). What was once considered a war game for many Hongkongers became a real war when on December 8, 1941, Japan waged war against Hong Kong. With Japanese forces ruling the now besieged Hong Kong, the once proliferating British colony was subjected to a period of financial and economical...

... University of Hong Kong Chow Stephen Dream of the Red Chamber Hui Ann Lu Xun post coloniality and film in Hong Kong wuxia “collaborative colonial power ” Hui Po Keung Ip Iam Chong Law Wing Sang Li Siu Leung social fabric and “disjuncture ” in Hong Kong colonialism and Hong Kong students...

...This book tells the story of the more than three thousand non-Chinese civilians — British, American, Dutch, and others — who were trapped in the British colony and interned behind barbed wire in Stanley Internment Camp from 1942 to 1945. From 1970 to 1972, while researching for his MA thesis...

... of responses to and responsibilities involved in the protection of life and property. This portrait is set firmly in the context of the history of Hong Kong as a British colony on the China Coast and its role as a burgeoning commercial port within the trading complex of the Empire. It brings to life many...

...Founded in 1849, St John’s Cathedral is the oldest neo-gothic cathedral in East Asia and China’s oldest surviving Anglican church still in operation. In its early decades it was a centre of colonial life in Hong Kong. More recently, it has opened itself widely to other communities in Hong Kong...