Hong Kong at the handover / edited by Bruce Herschensohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herschensohn, Bruce, 1932-

Claremont Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hong Kong (China)--History--Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997--Congresses.

Hong Kong (China).

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--Congresses.

China--Politics and government--1976---Congresses.

China.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 215 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [1999]

Summary:

Hong Kong at the Handover explores the days of handover through the words of leading Hong Kong citizens. Bruce Herschensohn utilizes transcribed interviews to tell the story of one of the most important events of this generation: the taking over of a political entity through a 99-year-old treaty. Herschensohn emphasizes the irony of the Chinese government coming to Hong Kong, the majority of whose people had fled from that same government. Throughout the book, Herschensohn seeks to record for history the words of many leading and varied interests in Hong Kong at the time of handover. Hong Kong at the Handover will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian studies and foreign affairs.

Notes:

Collection of transcripts of speakers who addressed a Hong Kong conference in 1997, sponsored by The Claremont Institute.

ISBN:

0739100068

OCLC:

40043588