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Informationen zum Autor By Bruce Herschensohn - Contributions by Larry Arnn; Richard Boucher; Martin Lee Chu-ming; Hugh Davies; David Dodwell; Roy Huang; Frank Martin; Szeto Wah; Joe Zhang; panelists from the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute; The Hong Kong Journalists' Panel Klappentext Hong Kong at the Handover explores the days of handover through the words of leading Hong Kong citizens. Bruce Herschensohn utilizes transcribed interviews to tell the story of one of the most important events of this generation: the takeover of a political entity through a 99-year-old treaty. Herschensohn emphasizes the irony of the Chinese government coming to Hong Kong, the majority of whose people had fled from that same government. Throughout the book, Herschensohn seeks to record for history the words of many leading and varied interests in Hong Kong at the time of handover. Hong Kong at the Handover will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian studies and foreign affairs. This volume explores the days of handover through the words of leading Hong Kong citizens. The author utilizes transcribed interviews to tell the story of one of the important events of our generation: the taking over of a political entity through a 99-year-old treaty. Inhaltsverzeichnis chapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 A Short History of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, 1841-1997 chapter 3 List of Delegates to the Handover Conference chapter 4 List of Speakers at the Handover Conference chapter 5 Transcripts of the Handover Conference chapter 6 Leaving Hong Kong chapter 7 Epilogue: One Year Later chapter 8 Glossary
