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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465590503321

Autore

Mark Chi-Kwan

Titolo

Hong Kong and the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American relations 1949-1957 / / Chi-kwan Mark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-4294-6958-7

1-280-84393-4

0-19-151520-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

909.82

Soggetti

Cold War

Electronic books.

Hong Kong (China) Politics and government

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations United States

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations Great Britain

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Hong Kong in British, Chinese, and American Cold War Thinking; 2. Defending the Indefensible Colony: Anglo-American Exchanges over the Security of Hong Kong; 3. Meeting the Political Threat: Hong Kong in Britain's and America's China Policy; 4. Containing the Economic Warfare: Hong Kong and Export Controls against China; 5. Controlling the 'American diaspora' in Hong Kong: Intelligence, Covert Action, and Propaganda; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

After 1949, the British Empire in Hong Kong was more vulnerable than it appeared to be. Its vulnerability stemmed as much from Britain's imperial decline and America's Cold War requirements as from an imminent Chinese threat. This is the first scholarly study that explores the interactions of British and US policies towards Hong Kong, and



reveals the dynamics of the Anglo-American alliance and the dilemmas of small allies in the global Cold War - ;After 1949, the British Empire in Hong Kong was more vulnerable than the lack of Chinese demand for return and the success of Hong Kong's economic