For decades, Hong Kong has maintained precarious freedom at the edge of competing world powers. In City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period. Through car
Hong Kong Rural Women under Chinese Rule
β Scribed by Isabella Ng
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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