In this note, I make 2 propositions. The first is that if not for the Japanese invasion of China, China would have remained a democracy.…
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Tag: Hong Kong History
Journeys to the East: Robert Bickers’ Insight into British China
These 2 books by Robert Bickers explore the presence of the British in China. Britain in China narrates the British presence from 1900 to 1949.…
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Rare Books on Chinese History in Malaya
The Chinese in Malaya by Victor Purcell was published in 1948. It was presented to me by my firm’s senior partner CYC in 2014. It…
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China: The Republican Era
The era between Imperial China and Socialist China is called the Republican era. From 1900 to 1949 the ordinary Chinese sought to improve their lives,…
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The Age of Openness
The Age of Openness – China before Mao explores the Republican era from 1911 to 1949. Frank Dikotter in his long essay of 102 pages…
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The Handover of Hong Kong
Hong Kong was surrendered to the British for perpetuity by the Ching dynasty when Britain won the First Opium war. Kowloon was surrendered for perpetuity…
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The Gate to China
The Gate to China: A new history of the People’s Republic and Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan is a 2021 book. Its title is a…
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