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Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

By: Chi Man Kwong

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Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

By: Chi Man Kwong

Hong Kong has been caught between empires ever since the First Opium War (1839-1842). As a result, the study of Hong Kong history has been subjected to the influence of the empires that controlled or laid claims over it. The historical experience of the Hongkongers during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is unique, with Hong Kong as a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, an international trading hub, and a geopolitically crucial British colony until 1997. In recent decades, historians produced works on different aspects of the Hong Kong history, but one particular group has remained obscure: the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule. This is the first systematic study of the experience of the Hong Kong servicemen in the British armed forces during the colonial period. It puts the Hong Kong servicemen in the contexts of Hong Kong history, the history of overseas Chinese, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It details the agency of Hongkongers, who were often portrayed as victims or beneficiaries during the two world wars and the Cold War, and highlights the relevance of Hong Kong in the modern history of East Asia. The author also looks at how the intertwined issues of class and race played out among these servicemen, who came from a variety of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. The study reveals the complexity of the colonial Hong Kong society by illustrating the interplay between the colonizers and the colonized of different classes and ethnicities, and informs the ongoing discussion about colonial Hong Kong by providing concrete examples of the collaboration between ethnic groups.

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0192660659

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Eastern Fortress

A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970

By: Kwong Chi Man,Tsoi Yiu Lun

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Eastern Fortress

A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970

By: Kwong Chi Man,Tsoi Yiu Lun

Celebrated as a trading port, Hong Kong was also Britain’s “eastern fortress”. Likened by many to Gibraltar and Malta, the colony was a vital but vulnerable link in imperial strategy, exposed to a succession of enemies in a turbulent age and a troubled region. This book examines Hong Kong’s developing role in the Victorian imperial defence system, the emerging challenges from Russia, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and other powers, and preparations in the years leading up to the Second World War. A detailed chapter offers new interpretations of the Battle of Hong Kong of 1941, when the colony succumbed to the Japanese invasion. The remaining chapters discuss Hong Kong’s changing strategic role during the Cold War and the winding down of the military presence. The book not only focuses on policies and events, but also explores the social life of the garrison in Hong Kong, the struggles between military and civil authorities, and relations between the armed forces and civilians in Hong Kong. Drawing on original research in archives around the world, including English, Japanese, and Chinese sources, this is the first full-length study of the defence of Hong Kong from the beginning of the colonial period to the end of British military interests East of Suez in 1970. Illustrated with images and detailed maps, Eastern Fortress will be of interest to both students of history and general readers. Kwong Chi Man is an assistant professor in the History Department of Hong Kong Baptist University. Tsoi Yiu Lun teaches history and liberal studies at Mu Kuang English School, Hong Kong. “Armed with a range of declassified archives—many of them unpublished—Kwong and Tsoi expertly weave together military, political, social, and economic history to show how Hong Kong played a strategic role in East Asia and the British Empire from the early 1840s to the 1970s. Eastern Fortress is a must-read for anyone interested in Hong Kong and its history.” —John Carroll, author of A Concise History of Hong Kong and Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong “This careful and well-written study does a difficult balancing act very well indeed. It connects the military history of Hong Kong to both the general Hong Kong experience and the wider military history of the region and beyond. Weaving its way with confidence from archive to library, from grand strategy to battlefield, this volume provides what we have long needed. Hong Kong’s experience was unique, but at the same time it was integrally connected to the wider circles of empire, region, and Asia. Nothing brings that trajectory out more strongly than the military dimension, and by ranging from the Opium War to the Cold War, with a critical eye, this volume does that story justice. It is the capstone that brings together a generation of good scholarship on the military history of Hong Kong.” —Brian Farrell, author of The Basis and Making of British Grand Strategy 1940–1943: Was There a Plan? and co-author of Between Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from First Settlement to Final British Withdrawal

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War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria

Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtian Clique during the Northern Expedition

By: Chi Man Kwong

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War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria

Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtian Clique during the Northern Expedition

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In War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria Kwong Chi Man revisits the civil wars in China (1925-1928) from the perspective of the often-overlooked "warlords," who fought against the joint forces of the Nationalist and Communist parties. In particular, this work focuses on Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the "Fengian Clique" who was sometimes seen as the representative of the Japanese interest in Manchuria. Using primary and secondary sources from China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, this work tries to revisit the wars during the period from international, political, military, and economic-financial perspectives. It sheds new light on Zhang Zuolin's decision to fight against the Nationalists and the Communists and offers an alternative explanation to the Nationalists (temporary) victory by revealing the central importance of geopolitics in the civil wars in China during the interwar period.

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War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria

Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtian Clique during the Northern Expedition

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Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtian Clique during the Northern Expedition

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Eastern Fortress

A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970

By: Kwong Chi Man,Tsoi Yiu Lun

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A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970

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Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

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The first systematic study of the experience of the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule, putting them in the context of Hong Kong history, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

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A systematic study of the experience of the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule, putting them in the context of Hong Kong history, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

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War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria

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Eastern Fortress

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Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

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