The young son of the head of the Chinese traders’ association, the men licensed to deal with foreign merchants in the port of Guangzhou, is suddenly burdened with responsibility for his powerful famil
China has granted Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy through the Basic Law under the principle of "one country, two systems". Hong Kong's legal system under the Basic Law is based on the common law a
In December 1846, the Keying, a Chinese junk purchased by British investors, set sail from Hong Kong for London. Named after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner who had signed away Hong Kong to the Brit
南宋少帝趙㬎究竟是死在哪一年？怎樣死的？死在甚麽地方？史料上無跡可尋，甚至成為明清之間一樁疑案，引起種種傳說，甚至包括元順帝即實為其子這樣傳奇的說法。本次講座經過進行漢、藏兩種文字史料的對勘，詳細論證展示了趙㬎從南宋少帝到元朝瀛國公再到藏傳佛教薩迦派合尊大師的經歷，同時通過梳理了各種相關傳說的發展和演變，探討其來由及其真實性。 How Zhao Xian, the second l
From melodrama to Cantonese opera, from silents to 3D animated film, Remaking Chinese Cinema traces cross-Pacific film remaking over the last eight decades. Through the refractive prism of Hollywood,
Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2013, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "A Do
Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Siren (1879--1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921--1923,
鬼才導演彭順展示跨越20多年的「香港製造」玩具珍藏。哪個年代算是香港的流金歲月？相信許多人會投票給香港經濟起飛的1970至1980年代。那也是Made in Hong Kong品牌揚名的年代，在「香港製造」二十年光芒中的產品，自然包括為許多香港人童年增添了難忘回憶的玩具——男仔的玩具槍、車仔、太空梭，女仔的煮飯仔和扮靚套裝；電影催生的星球大戰黑武士、白兵，《星空奇遇記》的卻克船長與冼樸大副，蝙蝠俠
Effective since China's resumption of sovereignty on July 1, 1997, the Hong Kong Basic Law lays down the general policies and system of government for Hong Kong under the "one country, two systems" fo
The expanding China's urban labor market has gone through a dynamic job creation and destruction, and large-scale rural-urban immigration. This comprehensive work on the topic offers a novel analysis
The First Chinese American is the first book-length account of the life and times of Wong Chin Foo (王清福) -- a firebrand and a trailblazer with a fascinating and very compelling life story. The biograp
The University Museum and Art Gallery of HKU presents an exhibition featuring early paintings by the pioneering Hong Kong artist, Hon Chi-fun (b. 1922). The focus of this exhibition is a group of oil
Xiao Hong (1911--1942) was a contemporary of Eileen Chang and perhaps the most celebrated Chinese woman writer of the 1930s. She lived her short life with love, with freedom, and the land and its peop
In this pioneering study, Sheilah Hamilton shows that, from the earliest days of British rule, the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen who were employed to
The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation—Property Tax, Salaries Tax, Profits Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It explains the principles and practice of taxation law with relevant
Lo Jung-pang argues that during each of the three periods when imperial China embarked on maritime enterprises (the Qin and Han dynasties, the Sui and early Tang dynasties, and the Song, Yuan, and ear
This book features six theme-based units on cross-discipline academic English skills, focusing on the needs of first-year undergraduate students. Each unit covers academic reading, writing and speakin
《中大人在澳紐》是一本首次集中文大學兩個海外校友會的通力合作所編輯而成的文集，亦是中大人系列的第13本文集。本書封面設計以墨爾本的Royal Exhibition Building為背景，加上四個小圈，由上而下依次為坎培拉的Parliament House，紐西蘭奧克蘭的Sky Tower，雪梨的Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge，柏斯的Town Hall，
This is the catalogue of the exhibition, "The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome wares from the Song to the Yuan dynasties", held by the University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU. The Song dynasty (9
The book contains three parts: 1) correspondence from Prof. Paul Demiville to Prof. Jao Tsung-i, 2) correspondence draft from Prof. Paul Demiville to Prof. Jao Tsung-i, and 3) correspondence from Prof
At the close of the Chinese Civil War, two million Chinese fled from the victorious communist army under Mao Zedong. They fled across a long ocean strait to the island of Taiwan where they waited for
Family violence, including intimate partner violence, elder abuse and child maltreatment, is a serious and deteriorating social problem. It may cause irreparable damage to the victim's physical and me
This collection of essays discusses the first commercial encounters between a China on the verge of social transformation and a fledgling United States struggling to assert itself globally as a distin
Linguistic research has dealt with culture as one of its main concerns, but popular culture has not been the main focus. Considering how readily available pop culture is across different speech commun
Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "Myse
Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "Book
Wide Coverage: The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation—Property Tax, Salaries Tax, Profits Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It explains the principles and practice of taxation la
This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few non-native variety dictionaries of English. It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have
一部上世紀初，由孫中山口述，經其顧問美國人林百克筆錄整理而成的傳記一個親歷了中國革命的美國人眼中的孫中山到底是怎樣的人？他究竟有何魅力，能夠鼓動大眾跟從他推翻一個專制王朝，從而建立共和呢？美國人林百克是孫中山的追隨者與法律顧問，他追隨孫中山長達十五年之久，為撰寫孫中山傳記，他“費了許多日子搜集這種資料”，他甚至和孫中山“同居一起”。本書原名Sun Yat-Sen and the Chinese R
Life is good to Kuan, thirty-something but living the life of someone ten years younger. Then a few missed calls during a night out in Shenzhen propel him into a personal crisis that forces him to fin
Pretense ── Yan YuAn older man from Hong Kong began an intense relationship with a young woman in Shanghai – a relationship with devastating consequences for them both. A decade later, haunted by memo
Ma Yuan, one of China's best-known artists, was a key figure in the period widely celebrated as the golden era of Chinese landscape painting. The Heart of Ma Yuan offers a careful discussion of Ma Yua
This weighty monograph offers a thoughtful assessment of one of globally raising China s most profound political issues democratization since the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. Not exactly a looking back re
There are few textbooks or reference works on international trade finance pertaining to Hong Kong. This text covers all the basic concepts of international trade and takes into account actual practice
What makes Michael Wolf stand above other photographers is his knack for capturing things that appear mundane and inconsequential within the chaos of the urban environment, and turning them into thoug
Wide Coverage: The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation—Property Tax, Salaries Tax, Profits Tax, Personal Assessment, Stamp Duty—and includes a chapter which examines international tax is
This anthology presents a number of leading voices on contemporary Asian cinema studies, including Ackbar Abbas, Chris Berry, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, Dudley Andrew, Yomi Braester, S
Service-learning is a form of experiential education that combines academic study with community service. Learning occurs as students work with others through applying their academic knowledge to comm
This book is a collection of documents including articles, speeches and records of conversation that the former Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable E.G. Whitlam AC.QC, has both written and pre
