A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong by Frank Welsh

A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong

Frank Welsh

624 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
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A sweeping history of Hong Kong, Britain's last colony, documents court intrigues of London and Peking, the heyday of the British Empire, economic development, its role as a refuge from mainland Chinese communism, and the 1997 return to Chinese so...

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