Chinese communists and Hong Kong capitalists : 1937-1997 / Cindy Yik-yi Chu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chu, Cindy Yik-yi

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

History.

Businessmen.

Capitalists and financiers.

Communists.

Relations.

China--Relations--Hong Kong.

China.

Hong Kong (China)--Relations--China.

Hong Kong (China).

Communists--China--History--20th century.

Capitalists and financiers--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Businessmen--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

China--Foreign relations--20th century.

International relations.

Constitutional history--China--Hong Kong--20th century.

Constitutional history.

China--Hong Kong.

Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions--20th century.

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

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Contents:

The united front policy of the Chinese communists in Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Overt and covert functions of the Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency, 1947-1984

The origins of the Chinese communist alliance with the Hong Kong business elite, the 1997 question, and the basic law committees, 1979-1985

The involvement of the business elite in the drafting of Hong Kong's basic law and the problems of the united front policy, 1985-1990

The Chinese communists' united front with big business and their collaboration on the handover, 1990-1997

The selection of the chief executive, May-December 1996

Tung Chee-hwa and the last days of colonial Hong Kong, December 1996-June 1997.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780230107991

0230107990

OCLC:

567165973