Man Kong Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 701463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Man Kong Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Man Kong |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5616-275X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Encounter between Christian Medical Missions and Chinese Medicine in Modern History
This article discusses how and why Christian medical missionaries established their foothold in Chinese society through the medical career of Benjamin Hobson, who was active in China from the late 1830s to the 1850s. Apart from his evangelical work among the Chinese, one of his key contributions was the new medical vocabularies he created to communicate medical knowledge. In addition to literary considerations, Hobson had his strategies for shari…
Ying Wa boys in early colonial Hong Kong
Previous studies of the Ying Wa College (英華書院) in early Hong Kong overlooked the role of the students. The scarcity of relevant sources could well justify such an oversight. This article aims at filling this gap through the careful use of London Missionary Society (LMS) materials. Not only does it aim to highlight significant aspects of the college, its unique history, its English education and its practice of Christian faith, it also discusses t…
The language of power
Although Chinese was not an official language in early colonial Hong Kong, translation between English and Chinese played a crucial role in daily life and politics. The first part of this article discusses the making of some important translated terms for government units and departments as well as foreign consulates in Hong Kong. In doing so, it accounts for different approaches in translation and lexical innovation, and their historical signifi…
Historical Studies in Diseases and Public Health in Asian Ports
Institutional Changes, Research Culture and Professionalism
Edge of Empires
(2007). Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong. The Chinese Historical Review: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 313-315
Local Voluntarism
The China Factor and Protestant Christianity in Hong Kong
Ying Wa boys in early colonial Hong Kong
Previous studies of the Ying Wa College (英華書院) in early Hong Kong overlooked the role of the students. The scarcity of relevant sources could well justify such an oversight. This article aims at filling this gap through the careful use of London Missionary Society (LMS) materials. Not only does it aim to highlight significant aspects of the college, its unique history, its English education and its practice of Christian faith, it also discusses t…
The China Factor and Protestant Christianity in Hong Kong
The China Factor and Protestant Christianity in Hong Kong
Local Voluntarism
Edge of Empires
(2007). Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong. The Chinese Historical Review: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 313-315
Institutional Changes, Research Culture and Professionalism
Historical Studies in Diseases and Public Health in Asian Ports
The language of power
Although Chinese was not an official language in early colonial Hong Kong, translation between English and Chinese played a crucial role in daily life and politics. The first part of this article discusses the making of some important translated terms for government units and departments as well as foreign consulates in Hong Kong. In doing so, it accounts for different approaches in translation and lexical innovation, and their historical signifi…
Ying Wa boys in early colonial Hong Kong
Previous studies of the Ying Wa College (英華書院) in early Hong Kong overlooked the role of the students. The scarcity of relevant sources could well justify such an oversight. This article aims at filling this gap through the careful use of London Missionary Society (LMS) materials. Not only does it aim to highlight significant aspects of the college, its unique history, its English education and its practice of Christian faith, it also discusses t…
An Encounter between Christian Medical Missions and Chinese Medicine in Modern History
This article discusses how and why Christian medical missionaries established their foothold in Chinese society through the medical career of Benjamin Hobson, who was active in China from the late 1830s to the 1850s. Apart from his evangelical work among the Chinese, one of his key contributions was the new medical vocabularies he created to communicate medical knowledge. In addition to literary considerations, Hobson had his strategies for shari…
Political science (7 works) · China (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works)