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Underground Front
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2010; US$ 35.00Underground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the Party in 1921, through to the present day. This book brings events right up to date and includes the results of a survey about the Hong Kong public's attitude towards the CCP. more...
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 1981; US$ 38.00The University of Hong Kong is one of Hong Kongs largest single community enterprises. First incorporated as a self-governing body of scholars by the University Ordinance of 1911 its first faculties were formed from the Hong Kong College of Medicine founded in 1887. The growth and development of the University to its present internationally-recognized... more...
A Lifetime in Academia
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 40.00Rayson Huang began his studies at the University of Hong Kong in 1938. Thirty-four years later, in 1972, he became the Universitys first Chinese Vice-Chancellor and served in that position until 1986. He sat on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and on the Drafting Committee that formulated Chinas Basic Law for Hong Kong after its return... more...
Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 60.00The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. more...
China's Pan-Pearl River Delta
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2010; US$ 35.00The book examines and discusses issues related to Pan-Pearl River Delta cooperation and development, the largest regional cooperation attempt in China which covers one-fifth of its territory, one-third of its population, 40 per cent of its GDP, and 58 per cent of its FDI. more...
Colony, Nation, and Globalisation
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2010; US$ 45.00This book explores colonial and postcolonial literatures of Singapore and Malaysia. It traces in them a history of anxiety that attends to the notion of home. The premise is that home is a physical space as well as a symbolic terrain invested with social, political and cultural meanings. more...
Early China Coast Meteorology
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 40.00This book provides valuable and informative insights into the controversies involving appropriate responses to the protection of life and property in any community when it comes to that ever contentious topic the weather. more...
The Empress and Mrs. Conger
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 35.00In winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendshipthe former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomats wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history. more...
English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2010; US$ 50.00The role of English as a lingua franca in Asia is increasing exponentially. This book considers the pedagogical and language policy implications of this role of English as a lingua franca throughout ASEAN. A linguistic description of this ASEAN ELF is provided along with a description of the communicative strategies of its users. more...









