Preface and Acknowledgements ix; Maps xii; Part I: The Foundations of Modern Hong Kong 1. War and Peace 3; Tea, Opium and Trade 5; Diplomacy and Conflicts 7; The First Anglo-Chinese War 9; The Treaty of Nanking 14; 2. The Foundation of a Crown Colony 16; British Occupation 16; Crown Colony 18; Raison detre 20; Governance 23; The Question of Representation 26; 3. Imperial Expansion 29; The Second Anglo-Chinese War and the Acquisition of Kowloon 29; The New Territories 36 An Appointment with China 39; Part II: The Heyday of Imperial Rule 4. Law and Justice 45; Native Laws and Customs 46; Administration of Justice 47; Rule of Law 52; 5. Economy and Society 56; Forces for Economic Development 56; A 'Colonial Society' 62; Segregation 65; Governance of the Local Chinese 67; 6. Agent for Change in China 73; Inspiration for Chinese Reformers 73 Hong Kongs Role in the Chinese Republican Revolution 76; A Safe Haven for Dissidents and Political Refugees 80; 7. The Great War and Chinese Nationalism 84; The Impact of the Great War 86; Labour Unrest 87; The Rise of Chinese Nationalism 90; The Canton-Hong Kong Strike and Boycott 92; 8. Imperial Grandeur 102; The Politics of Stability 102; Economic and Social Developments 106; The Calm Before the Storm 114; Part III: A Colonial Paradox 9. Japanese Invasion and Occupation 119; The Battle of Hong Kong 119; The Destruction of Imperial Invincibility 124; Occupation and Resistance 126; Wartime Planning in London 130; 10. Return to Empire 133; The Race for Hong Kong 134; Military Administration 138; Status Quo Ante? 141; 11. A Fine Balance 145; Rehabilitation and Constructive Partnership 145; The Question of Hong Kongs Future 149; The Impact of the Korean War 157; Strategy for Survival 158; 12. Economic Take-off 161; From EntrepA t to Industrial Colony 162; The Immigrant Mentality 167; Take-off 170; Economic Maturity and the China Nexus 175; 13. The Rise of the Hong Kongers 180; A Settled People 180; The Test of the Confrontation 183; The Emergence of a Local Identity 190; 14. The Making of a Colonial Paradox 197; The Nature of British Colonial Rule 197; Corruption, Credibility and Benevolent Paternalism 201; The Best Possible Government in the Chinese Political Tradition 206; Part IV: Securing the Future 15. Fateful Decisions 211; Prelude to Negotiations 212; The Sino-British Negotiations (1982A-4) 218; The Joint Declaration 225; 16. The Beginning of the End 228; Realignment of Power 228; Flirtation with Democracy 231; Convergence 233; Chinas Hong Kong Policy 236; The Basic Law 238; 17. The Final Chapter 245; The Impact of the Tiananmen Incident 247; The Last Governor 254; The End of Cooperation 261; Building a New Kitchen 263; Conclusion: Full Circle 268; Handover 269; British Legacies 273; Notes 279; Bibliography 318; Index 334
This text addresses the relations between the local Chinese and the expatriate communities in 156 years of British rule in Hong Kong, and the emergence of a local identity. It ends with an examination of Hong Kong's transition from a British Crown Colony to a Chinese Special Administrative Region.
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 author of "Hong Kong: An Appointment with China", also published by I.B. Tauris.
Contemporary Review: "The definitive history of Hong Kong." Sir Robin McLaren (British Ambassador to China 1991-94): "This is the first serious history of Hong Kong to cover the whole period of British rule... Steve Tsang is well-equipped to write it... he has drawn on a vast array of sources...to produce a thorough and well-crafted study which should appeal to the general reader as well as to the specialist... For those who want to understand the importance of the territory's British legacy in its continuing success, Dr Tsang's study is likely to remain the best guide for some time to come." Far Eastern Economic Review: "Steve Tsang has now provided an elegantly written and most timely book...He has also set an extremely high bar for future authors on Hong Kong with his immense scholarship and fine writing. Tsang offers in each chapter the finest summaries one can find anywhere on Hong Kong history." 'This is, in a word, an impressive book... despite the encyclopaedic wealth of facts and documentation presented, it is a very readable narrative.'- East Asia
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