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The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng
Examines and reassesses the life and work of Ming-era poet Ruan Dacheng. The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng is the first monograph in English on a controversial Ming dynasty literary …
Wartime Macau – Under the Japanese Shadow
It has intrigued many that, unlike Hong Kong, Macau avoided direct Japanese wartime occupation despite being caught up in the vortex of the wider global conflict. Geoffrey Gunn and …
Through the Looking Glass – China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with the newspapers printed in the European Factories of Canton in the 1820s and ends with the Communist revolution in …
Merchants of War and Peace – British Knowledge of China in the Making of the Opium War
Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defense of British …
Cross–Dressing in Chinese Opera
Informed by queer and feminist theories, this book offers a critical and historical reinterpretation of theatrical cross-dressing in Chinese culture embodied in various discourses, …
Contract Law in Hong Kong - An Introductory Guide
This is one in a series of introductory books providing readers with an overview of the most frequently encountered legal principles. This book presents an introduction to contract …
The First British Trade Expedition to China
A groundbreaking study of early modern British enterprise in south China. In The First British Trade Expedition to China, Nicholas D. Jackson explores the pioneering British trade …
Legal Discourse Across Cultures and Systems
This book is a unique attempt to bring together some of the well-established scholars and practitioners from the fields of legal linguistics, legal translation, law, English for …
Islam in Hong Kong
More than a quarter of a million Muslims live and work in Hong Kong. Among them are descendants of families who have been in the city for generations, recent immigrants from around …
International Education and the Chinese Learner
This collection of essays aim at fostering discussion about the growth of international education and the Chinese learner between educators from schools and universities in Hong …
Gender, Health, and History in Modern East Asia
This groundbreaking volume captures and analyzes the exhilarating and at times disorienting experience when scientists, government officials, educators, and the general public in …