The China Review is a continuation of China Review, an annual publication of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press since 1991. It publishes twice a year in April and October since 2001 and four issues per year starting from 2018; a scholarly journal covering various disciplines of study on Greater China and its people, namely, domestic politics and international relations; society, business and economic development; modern history, the arts and cultural studies.The only China-based English journal devoted to the study of Greater China and its people A vigorously refereed journal with international advisory and editorial boardsTeachers, scholars, researchers, journalists and students interested in the developments of China will find this publication a comprehensive and indispensable tool. Indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, Current Geographical Publications, International Political
The fact that Snow did not sneak into “red China” to gather information constituting the basis of his Red Start over China all alone is in many instances isunderstood even by scholars.Mao Zedong’s biography has been the subject of an international mountain of commentary in China and elsewhere. Biographies praising Mao and those slandering him are all based on the American journalist Edgar Snow’s (1905–1972) account in Red Star over China for the route Mao traveled from early childhood through his youth.How the “Red Star” Rose introduces the image of Mao and the biographical information made known to the world through the publication of Red Star, and with its publication the circumstances which they fundamentally undermined. Ishikawa Yoshihiro uses Mao Zedong as raw material to examine from whence and how ordinary historical information and images which we habitually use unconsciously come into being.He desires to help readers to reconsider the historicity of the generation of not only
1856 年10 月,廣東水師登上一艘據說掛着英國旗的划艇,拘捕船上中國船員,水師懷疑該船涉及走私和其他不法勾當。英國駐廣州署理領事巴夏禮指中國水師扯下和「侮辱」船上英國旗。自此事件不斷鬧大,最終演化成歐洲列強和美國聯手對付中華帝國的大戰,歷時將近五年。本書是黃宇和院士在其於1998 年由英國劍橋大學出版社出版的名著Deadly Dreams: Opium, Imperialism and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China 的基礎上,再用了二十多年的時間修訂和增補而成。本書以第二次鴉片戰爭為個案,對中外學術界提出的各種有關戰爭起因的解釋方案作出比較,詳辨其間闕誤及由來,從宏觀和微觀層面,剖析帝國主義的實質本性。作者利用大量中英文原始文獻,結合實地調查,逐層分析引發第二次鴉片戰爭中帝國主義的侵略藉口、悍將心理、外交手段、政治邏輯和運作方式,直趨經濟利益層面,由此展現出英帝國主義為了發動此次侵略戰爭所積極謀劃的每一個步驟,以及背後的動機。
This book carries decades of academic observations and the author’s personal political experience. It reviews and refects on the past trajectory of governance and administration, identifying strengths and capabilities as well as constraints and vulnerabilities of Hong Kong as a polity and society, while charting its course of ‘exceptionalism’ within a new context and under changing conditions.Hong Kong under British rule was a prime example of exceptionalism in many aspects —economic, political, and even social. It was governed under a colonial structure and yet had enjoyed a large degree of social and economic freedom, as well as fiscal self-sufficiency and autonomy from London. After returning to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has continued to thrive as a relatively resilient city-state still known for efficiency andeffectiveness despite tensions and scepticism about its political future.This book carries decades of academic observations and the author's personal political experienc