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Hong Kong! Hong Kong!

Hong Kong! Hong Kong!


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Hong Kong is a success story with a doubtful future. Under anachronistic British colonial rule, still serving out its term as agreed in Victorial treaties, the 6 million Hong Kongers have built their city into the richest Chinese metropolis in the world. The 1,000 million people of China itself depend on Hong Kong skills and money for their own development, yet the middle classes in Hong Kong do not trust a Chinese administration to allow them autonomy after 1997. The story is seen through the eyes of Hong Kong's many colourful personalities. Based on original research and many interviews, the book highlight a Chinese community caught squarely between traditional Chinese and modern Western values, and therefore reluctant to go "back" to Chinese rule. The likely scenarios for 1997 - from "armageddon" to "smooth transfer" - are all explored through the eyes of the people involved.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The Chinese Hongkong: the Cantonese incumbents; the Shanghai gatecrashers; asylum and staircase; colonial Chinese politics; capital of the overseas Chinese; ideology at arms length; the world of Suzie Wong; a Hongkong identity emerges. Part 2 The cosmopolitan Hongkong: the early foreigners; wartime roles; the new Westerners; the new Asians; political refugees; the people in between; the Switzerland of Asia; Queen of the Pacific. Part 3 The economic miracle: centre of commerce; factories and banks; the richest Chinese city; laissez-faire economics; Princely Hongs vs Chinese tycoons. Part 4 Hongkong's future: China's planned takeover; flight of the middle class; Hongkongers abroad; new waistline, new role.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780044406228
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0044406223
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 1991
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Weight: 670 gr


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