This volume examines the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy. Chiu and Lui's analysis is distinct in its perspective of the development as an integrated process involving economic, political and social dimensions, and as such this insightful and original book will be a core text on Hong Kong society for students.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. History: An eastern entrepot 3. New Beginnings in Colonial Rule: Riots and socio-political reconstruction 4. Manufacturing Fortunes: Industrial transformation and region formation 5. Emergent Global City: Financial and trade primacy 6. Winners and Losers: Social polarization 7. The Fall of Hong Kong? Decolonization, Democratization and Development 8. Between China and Hong Kong: The politics of identity 9. Postscript: Three years after the handover

Author Biography

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong