Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to 'Mother China', the most powerful communist state in the world."-Book jacket. security and history of the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Steve Tsang is Head of School and Professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. "This major new history of Hong Kong tells the story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you.
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