【History Salon | 歷史沙龍】Hong Kong Elites’ American Business Strategies in the Cold War

【History Salon】Hong Kong Elites’ American Business Strategies in the Cold War

Speaker: Dr Peter Hamilton
Date: 13 Dec 2025
Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm (UKT)
Venue: Research Space, Arts Complex, University of Bristol
Language: English

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Additional Information:
– In-person only.
– Please register on Ticketpass. A small amount of Hong Kong-style refreshments will be provided.

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From the late 1950s through the early 2000s, the United States surpassed Britain, Japan, and mainland China as Hong Kong’s principal export market and outside investor. Rather than a product of U.S. government or corporate decisions, Dr. Peter Hamilton will argue that this shift stemmed from Hong Kong business elites’ own evolving U.S.-centered strategies. We will look at the examples of the Tang textile family, the Fung family of Li & Fung, and Sir Gordon Wu.

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Peter E. Hamilton is a historian of modern China and the World with particular interests in Chinese migration, the history of capitalism, and Sino-U.S. Relations. He is the author of Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization (Columbia University Press, 2021), which was recently translated into Chinese as 香港製造: 跨太平洋網絡與全球化新史（季風帶文化，2024）.

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【歷史沙龍】冷戰期間本地商界精英的「美國策略」

講者：韓墨松博士
日期：2025年12月13日 （星期六）
時間：下午2:30至4:30
地點：Research Space, Arts Complex, 7 Woodland Road, University of Bristol, BS8 1TB
語言：English

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二戰之後，美國超越英國、日本以至內地成為香港最重要的貿易及投資者。韓墨松（Peter Hamilton）認為出現這個情況，很大程度與本地商界精英的「美國策略」有關。在這個講座中，Peter Hamilton將會以利豐集團、南海紡織和合和企業為例子，說明這個情況。

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韓墨松是現代中國與世界歷史學者，特別關注中國移民、資本主義史以及中美關係。他著有Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization (Columbia University Press, 2021), ，該書最近被翻譯成中文，書名為《香港製造: 跨太平洋網絡與全球化新史》（季風帶文化，2024）。