TY - BOOK AU - Tsang,Steve Yui-Sang TI - A modern history of Hong Kong SN - 9781845114190 U1 - 950 PY - 2015/// CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. The foundations of modern Hong Kong -- 1. War and peace -- 2. The foundation of a crown colony -- 3. Imperial expansion -- Pt. 2. The heyday of imperial rule -- 4. Law and justice -- 5. Economy and society -- 6. Agent for change in China -- 7. The Great War and Chinese nationalism -- 8. Imperial grandeur -- Pt. 3. A colonial paradox -- 9. Japanese invasion and occupation -- 10. Return to empire -- 11. A fine balance -- 12. Economic take-off -- 13. The rise of the Hong Kongers -- 14. The making of a colonial paradox -- Pt. 4. Securing the future -- 15. Fateful decisions -- 16. The beginning of the end -- 17. The final chapter N2 - Tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original "Opium War". As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to "…Mother China", the most powerful Communist state in the world ER -