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On Grenville Alabaster’s ‘Some Observations on Race Mixture in Hong Kong’

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Just two serious articles were published on the subject of Eurasians in Hong Kong in the 20th century.…


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Generalising Eurasians in Hong Kong

Continuing their espousal of the Eurasian ‘problem’, two authors writing in 1955, Thompson & Adloff, lament …


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Generalising Eurasians in Asia

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Looking at how other colonies’ histories have tackled the topic of Eurasians gives useful clues to…


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East Meets West: Where Do Eurasians Come From?

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For a place which has so often been so eulogised for being such a marvellous meeting of East and West, the…


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Race Memory Puzzles in China, Japan War Histories

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This week (on 3 September) the Chinese government has decreed a special one-off public holiday (and …


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Back Story to the Study of Hong Kong History

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With this initiative to breathe new life into the community of historians of Hong Kong, a glance back …


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Hong Kong History Project – First Acts

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The Hong Kong History Project, born in January 2015, has earmarked PhD funding and support to a young …


By Vaudine England

Just two serious articles were published on the subject of Eurasians in Hong Kong in the 20th century.…


Continuing their espousal of the Eurasian ‘problem’, two authors writing in 1955, Thompson & Adloff, lament …


By Vaudine England

Looking at how other colonies’ histories have tackled the topic of Eurasians gives useful clues to…


By Vaudine England

For a place which has so often been so eulogised for being such a marvellous meeting of East and West, the…


By Vaudine England

This week (on 3 September) the Chinese government has decreed a special one-off public holiday (and …


By Vaudine England

With this initiative to breathe new life into the community of historians of Hong Kong, a glance back …


By Vaudine England

The Hong Kong History Project, born in January 2015, has earmarked PhD funding and support to a young …