Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong : anticolonial networks, extradition and the rule of law / Geoffrey C. Gunn, Nagasaki University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunn, Geoffrey C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hò̂, Chí Minh, 1890-1969--Trials, litigation, etc.

Hò̂, Chí Minh, 1890-1969.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses).

Extradition--Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

Extradition.

Vietnam--Politics and government--1858-1945.

Vietnam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931-33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony. Utilizing little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and Franco-British relations.

Contents:

Introduction

Setting up In Hong Kong and arrest

Early life in France and move back to Asia

The parallel case of Tan Malaka

In revolutionary Guangzhou

Mounting the defense : Ho Chi Minh's prison experience

Legal process : trial and tribulations

Media coverage of the arrest and trial

The French diplomatic d�emarche

The Privy Council verdict, release and afterlife

Epilogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jul 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-97604-2

1-108-97581-X

1-108-97380-9

OCLC:

1250434581