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Informationen zum Autor Steve Tsang is Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics at St Antony's College, Oxford University. He served as Director of the Asian Studies Centre at Oxford from 1997 to 2003 and is the author of A Modern History of Hong Kong , The Cold War's Odd Couple and Hong Kong: An Appointment with China. Klappentext Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China's position as a regional -- and potential world -- superpower. In this important and original history of the region! Steve Tsang argues that its current prosperity is a direct by-product of the British administrators who ran the place as a colony before the handover in 1997. The British administration of Hong Kong uniquely derived its practices from the best traditions of Imperial Chinese government and its philosophical! Confucian basis. It stressed efficiency! honesty! fairness! benevolent paternalism and individual freedom. The result was a hugely successful colony! especially in industry and finance! and it remains so today with its new status of Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. This definitive history of the colorful individuals who administered the colony on behalf of the British government sheds light on two empires inextricably linked in nature and philosophy of government. Vorwort Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China's position as a regional - and potential world - superpower. This history of the region argues that its prosperity is a direct by-product of the British administrators who ran the place as a colony before the handover in 1997. Zusammenfassung Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China's position as a regional - and potential world - superpower. This history of the region argues that its prosperity is a direct by-product of the British administrators who ran the place as a colony before the handover in 1997. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1. Governance in a colonial societyChapter 2. The cadet scheme Chapter 3. Benevolent paternalism Chapter 4. Effects of the Pacific War Chapter 5. Expansion Chapter 6. Meeting the challenges of a Chinese community Chapter 7. Localization Chapter 8. Meeting the challenges of modernity Chapter 9. An elite within the government Chapter 10. Inhibited elitism Notes References Index...
