Hong Kong in the Cold War / edited by Priscilla Roberts and John M. Carroll.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Priscilla Mary, 1955- author, editor.

Contributor:

Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961- editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Conference Name:

Hong Kong in the Global Setting (Conference) (2011 : Hong Kong)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

History.

Hong Kong (China)--History--20th century--Congresses.

Hong Kong (China).

Hong Kong (China)--Relations--China--History--20th century--Congresses.

China--Relations--Hong Kong--History--20th century--Congresses.

China.

China--Hong Kong.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Cold War was a distinct and crucial period in Hong Kong's evolution and in its relations with China and the rest of the world. Hong Kong was a window through which the West could monitor what was happening in China and an outlet that China could use to keep in touch with the outside world. Exploring the many complexities of Cold War politics from a global and interdisciplinary perspective, Hong Kong in the Cold War shows how Hong Kong attained and honed a pragmatic tradition that bridged the abyss between such opposite ideas as capitalism and communism, thus maintaining a compromise between China and the rest of the world. The chapters are written by nine leading international scholars and address issues of diplomacy and politics, finance and economics, intelligence and propaganda, refugees and humanitarianism, tourism and popular culture, and their lasting impact on Hong Kong. Far from simply describing a historical period, these essays show that Hong Kong's unique Cold War experience may provide a viable blueprint for modern-day China to develop a similar model of good governance and may in fact hold the key to the successful implementation of the One Country Two Systems idea. Book jacket.

Contents:

Hong Kong's twentieth century: the global setting / Wang Gungwu

Cold War Hong Kong : the foundations / Priscilla Roberts

Cold War Hong Kong : juggling opposing forces and identities / Priscilla Roberts

Hong Kong's enduring global business relations / David R. Meyer

Hong Kong and the Cold War in the 1950s / Tracy Steele

The American Cold War in Hong Kong, 1949-1960 : intelligence and propaganda / Lu Xun

Crisis and opportunity : the work of aid refugee Chinese intellectuals (ARCI in Hong Kong and beyond / Glen Peterson

Hong Kong as an international tourism space : the politics of American tourism in the 1960s / Chi-Kwan Mark

"Reel sisters" and other diplomacy : Cathay Studios and Cold War cultural production / Stacilee Ford

Hong Kong as a global frontier : interface of China, Asia and the world / Prasenjit Duara

Cold War Hong Kong : a path to the future? / Priscilla Roberts.

Notes:

Most of the chapters in this volume are based on papers originally delivered at an international workshop entitled 'Hong Kong in the Global Setting' held at the University of Hong Kong in January 2011--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hong Kong in the Cold War.

ISBN:

9789888390106

9888390104

Publisher Number:

99970723538

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