Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and Reintegration |
Lee Pui-tak ISBN: 9622097200 The evolution of Hong Kong, as a British colony and now a Special Administrative Region, has always been inextricably intertwined with the situation in China. This relationship is examined through various perspectives in this volume. There are new...(read more) |
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Hong Kong (Architecture & Design Guides) |
Anna Koor ISBN: 3832791256 Hong Kong is known worldwide for its dynamism and commercial acumen. Populated by forward-looking and risk-taking inhabitants, its architectural and design scene doesn t disappoint. This overview of the most exciting developments in Hong Kong s...(read more) |
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Hong Kong in Transition: One Country, Two Systems |
Robert Ash ISBN: 0415299543 Hong Kong in Transition offers a perspective on the exceptional constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a substantial period under Chinese rule. There have been both successes and failures, and a...(read more) |
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Hong Kong X 24 X 365: A Year in the Life of a City |
David Clarke ISBN: 9622098177 After History with a capital 'H' visited Hong Kong for the 1997 handover, and stayed for the Asian economic slump and the great democracy demonstrations, had moved its spotlight somewhere else, the city was in an in-between phase, without major dramas,...(read more) |
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Hong Kong: China's New Colony |
Stephen Vines ISBN: 1842030485 Leading Asia writer and commentator Stephen Vines examines the institutions, infrastructure, people and events that have made Hong Kong into one of the world's major centres of capitalism. With Hong Kong now in China's hands, Vines looks at the future...(read more) |
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One Country, Two Systems in Crisis |
Yiu-Chung Wong ISBN: 0739104926 One Country, Two Systems in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention in Hong Kong after the British handover in 1984 has curtailed Hong Kong's civil liberties; how freedom of speech is at the mercy of the government; and how deception has turned the...(read more) |
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The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity |
Poshek Fu, David Desser ISBN: 0521776023 The Cinema of Hong Kong examines one of the most popular, dynamic, and important cinema traditions in the history of film. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines Hong Kong...(read more) |
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The Triads as Business |
Yiu Kong Chu ISBN: 0415360013 The triads are an important, sophisticated and international criminal force, involved in protection, drugs, gambling, prostitution, human smuggling and other forms of organized crime. This new and revised edition of "Triads as Business"...(read more) |
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