From Empire Defence to Imperial Retreat
Britain's Postwar China Policy and the Decolonization of Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3636078 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James T H Tang (University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 317-337 |
| Publication date | 1994-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x00012427 |
| OpenAlex | W1966794312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
Attempts to examine Hong Kong as an issue in British postwar colonial policy often emphasize the unique nature of the colony, and therefore a special case in British decolonization. Hong Kong has been regarded as an unconventional colonial entity, an anachronism in the modern world. But others argue that the word colony is not an appropriate term to describe it, except in the most severely technical legal sense, because of its spectacular industrial and economic development since the end of the Second World War. Nonetheless, Hong Kong has existed as a British crown colony since 1842, and its colonial political structures have remained more or less the same until the early 1980s. Hong Kong's special relations with China is an important factor making it an oddity in post-war British decolonization. Instead of becoming independent like most other British colonialterritories, Hong Kong's political future is linked to China. This situation of 'decolonization without independence' has been an important theme of academic analysis on the colony's political development
British Empire · China · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Decolonization · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · World War II · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
Britain, Empire and the Origins of the Cold War Youth Race
Decolonization Deferred? The Re‐establishment of Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1942–45
A ‘New Angle of Vision’
Colonial State Entrapped - The Problem of Unregistered Schools in Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s
Hong Kong and its strategic values for China and Britain (1949-1968)
The Political Economy of Hong Kong' s iNdustrial Upgrading
Don't Ask, Do(n't) Tell
Govern-Mentality' Transition
The United States and the origins of the cold war, 1941-1947.
Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization
British Foreign Policy, 1945–56
Emigrant Entrepreneurs
To Secure a Convenience
Britain and the first Cold War
The foreign policy of the British Labour governments, 1945–1951
The foreign policy of Churchill's peacetime administration, 1951–1955
Securing peace in Europe, 1945–62
British Foreign Policy 1945–1973
Perspectives on imperialism and decolonization
The ‘special relationship’
British Defence Policy East of Suez, 1947–68
Britain’s Encounter with Revolutionary China, 1949–54
Britain, the United States, and the Recognition Of Communist China
British Foreign Policy
The Cold War in Asia. A Historical Introduction
The Government and Politics of Hong Kong
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |