Introducing Hong Kong History Research – Hong Kong History Centre

Introducing ‘When Silence Speaks: Press Censorship and Rule of Law in British Hong Kong,1850s–1940s’

Today we are introducing an article ‘When Silence Speaks: Press Censorship and Rule of Law in British Hong Kong,1850s–1940s’ by Michael Ng, The University of Hong Kong.

‘’Who is to say that the danger has passed? The greater part of …

Introducing ‘The Holocaust and Hong Kong: an overlooked history’

Today we are introducing an article ‘The Holocaust and Hong Kong: an overlooked history’ by Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, University of British Columbia.

This passage discusses the overlooked role of Hong Kong as a colonial entrepot in facilitating human mobility,

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Introducing ‘Decolonising Britishness? The 1981 British Nationality Act and the Identity Crisis of Hong Kong Elites’

Today we are introducing an article ‘Decolonising Britishness? The 1981 British Nationality Act and the Identity Crisis of Hong Kong Elites’ by Chi-kwan Mark, Royal Holloway.

The introduction and passage of the 1981 Nationality Act coincided with discussions on the

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Introducing ‘Identity pride and exclusiveness: cross-border craftsmanship and Chinese tailors in post-war Hong Kong, 1945-1970’

Today we are introducing an article ‘Identity pride and exclusiveness: cross-border craftsmanship and Chinese tailors in post-war Hong Kong, 1945-1970’ by Katon Lee.

The tailoring industry is one of the traditional trades in Hong Kong, and “Shanghai tailoring” is one

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Introducing ‘The Making of Contentious Political Space: The Transformation of Hong Kong’s Victoria Park’

Today we are introducing an article ‘The Making of Contentious Political Space: The Transformation of Hong Kong’s Victoria Park’ by Chi Kwok and Ngai Keung Chan.

Opened in 1967, Victoria Park in Hong Kong was initially planned by the British

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Introducing ‘Stamping “Imagination and Sensibility”: Objects, Culture, and Governance in Late Colonial Hong Kong’

Today we are introducing an article ‘Stamping “Imagination and Sensibility”: Objects, Culture, and Governance in Late Colonial Hong Kong’, by Allan T. F. Pang, University of Cambridge.

In August 1970, a quarrel about pigs arose between the Foreign and Commonwealth

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Introducing ‘Disseminating and Containing Communist Propaganda to Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia through Hong Kong, the Cold War Pivot, 1949–1960’

Today we are introducing an article ‘Disseminating and Containing Communist Propaganda to Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia through Hong Kong, the Cold War Pivot, 1949–1960’ by Florence Mok, Department of History, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

During the Cold War, Hong

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