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Feeling the stones : reminiscences /
This is a book for everyone with an interest in the recent history of Hong Kong and in an exceptional man who played a major part in that history as he ploughed a distinctive and individual, and sometimes controversial, path from District Officer to Acting Governor to Hong Kong Affairs Advisor.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Prologue; 1 Arrival; 2 The New Territory; 3 Tsuen Wan and the Islands, 1959-1961; 4 Yuen Long, 1962-1967; 5 Seeds of Reform; 6 The Cultural Revolution; 7 Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary (Lands); 8 A Visit to China in 1973: FIFA; 9 China and FIFA: The End of Waiting; 10 Back to the Land; 11 Breaking Down the Fences; 12 The Expiring Lease; 13 'Hong Kong People Ruling Hong Kong'; 14 Behind the Headlines; 15 Xiamen; 16 The Beginning of Negotiations; 17 Negotiations Concluded, 1983-1985; 18 Signatures and Celebrations; 19 Chief Secretary.