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East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia by Christopher Patten Review "This is a book we need to read . . . "Even its full title, East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia, fails to do justice to its scope. It is, in fact, no less than the defense of a political and economic philosophy to guide public policy as... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Hong Kong by Michael Yahuda Publisher Comments The return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for China's international standing. This is the first study to analyze the serious... (read more) List Price $81.50 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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East & West by Chris Patten Publisher Comments Although the hardback publication was surrounded by trouble, it went on to sell 100,000 copies. This is Chris Patten's account of his time as Governor of Hong Kong. "Eloquent, compact and far-reaching in range, "East And West" is a must for anyone who... (read more) Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries) by Caroline Knowles Publisher Comments In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the citys status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hong Kong at the Handover by Bruce Herschensohn Publisher Comments 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 taking over of a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hong Kong: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) by Michael Ingham Publisher Comments Hong Kong is the epitome of the modern city and a crossroads between eastern and western cultures. Today the city is most famously characterized by its breathtaking skyscraper skyline, dominating its "fragrant" harbor. The hundred-year-old Star Ferry... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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East and west :China, power, and the future of Asia by Christopher Patten Publisher Comments The twenty-first century is destined to become the Pacific century as Hong Kong's melding of East and West spreads throughout Asia. As Hong Kong's last governor Christopher Patten is a uniquely qualified tour guide to Asia's ongoing metamorphosis. No... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain's Betrayal and China's Triumph, Updated by Mark Roberti Publisher Comments introduction by Martin Lee, leader of the pro-democracy forces in hong kong Critical acclaim for THE FALL OF HONG KONG "Mark Roberti's The Fall of Hong Kong serves as a useful chronicle of the most vibrant and fragile period of Hong Kong's colonial past... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hong Kong at the Handover by Bruce Herschensohn Publisher Comments 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 taking over of a... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $26.90 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia by Joe Studwell Publisher Comments This investigative journalists book is an explosive work that lifts the curtain on a world of staggering secrecy and hypocrisy to reveal--for the first time--who the leaders of one of the worlds most important and tumultuous markets really are, how they... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Staging Hong Kong: Gender & Performance in Transition by Rozanna Lilley Publisher Comments Anthropological literature on issues of performance, identity, and sexuality is virtually non-existent. Lilley addresses these issues in a comprehensive study of a Hong Kong avant-garde theater and dance company.... (read more) Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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City Between Worlds: My Hong Kong by Leo Ou Fan Lee Publisher Comments Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insider’s view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Hong Kong remembers by Sally Blyth Publisher Comments The story of Hong Kong's social, political, and economic development - from the post-War period to the end of its life as a colonial territory - is a remarkable Chinese-British story. This book contains first-hand accounts of life and times in Hong Kong... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hong Kong: In the Mouth of the Dragon by Pierre Cayrol Synopsis This insightful book provides a far-reaching, in-depth portrait of Hong Kong, its people and their hopes and fears as they faced reunification with China on July 1, 1997.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $1.95 Sale - Hardcover
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A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong by Frank Welsh Book News Annotation The author draws on a wide range of sources, including both official documents and firsthand accounts, to recount the unusual history of Hong Kong, which is soon (in 1997) to be returned to Chinese sovereignty after 150 years of British rule... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Private Life of Old Hong Kong Western Women in the British Colony, 1841-1941 by Susanna Hoe Publisher Comments Modern histories rarely mention the myriad of western women who lived in Hong Kong and the Canton Delta during the British colonial years. This is their untold story, and represents an historical reconstruction of women's lives from all levels of society-... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hong Kong at the handover by Bruce Herschensohn Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Barbarian Eye: Lord Napier in China, 1834, the Prelude to Hong Kong by Priscilla Napier Publisher Comments Though biographical in character, based largely upon Lord Napier's own letters and journals, the book gives an insight into the story of Western contacts over the centuries with the world's oldest civilization, and a description of life in England and... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Red Flag Over Hong Kong (Comparative Politics & the International Political Economy,) by B Bueno De Mesquita Publisher Comments Lucid and compelling, this is an essential guide to the turbulent future of Hong Kong. The authors begin with a concise historical overview, tracing how Hong Kong, with its unique geographical setting, "textbook" freemarket economy, and industrious... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $6.40 Used - Hardcover
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The fate of Hong Kong by Gerald Segal Book News Annotation Segal (International Institute for Strategic Studies, London) studies the social and economic upheaval that has occurred in anticipation of Hong Kong's cession to China, and possible consequences after 1997, from both trading and emigration... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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