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Hong Kong and the Cold War Anglo-American relations 1949-1957 / by Mark, Chi-Kwan

Subjects: “…Cold War.…”
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The Cold War's odd couple the unintended partnership between the Republic of China and the UK, 1950-1958 / by Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang, 1959-

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Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War / by Xu, Guoqi

Table of Contents: “…Great War and great crisis : China, Britain, France, and the "laborers as soldiers" strategy -- The recruitment and European odyssey of the men for Britain and France -- The hidden history of the secret Canadian pathway -- Work -- Treatment and perceptions -- Strangers in a strange world : Chinese lives in Europe -- American soldiers and Chinese laborers -- The association men and Chinese laborers -- The fusion of teaching and learning : students as teachers and vice versa -- A fusion of civilizations -- Appendix 1: Huimin contract with the French government -- Appendix 2: British contract -- Selected glossary.…”
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Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / by Grace, Richard J.

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Divided counsel : the Anglo-American response to Communist victory in China / by Martin, Edwin W.

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Britain and China by Luard, Evan, 1926-1991

Table of Contents: “…The British assault -- The Chinese rejoinder -- Britain and the Kuomintang -- The coming of the Communists -- The Korean war -- Missionaries -- Merchants -- Geneva and after -- Hong Kong -- The two Chinas -- Chinese aspirations and British interests -- British policy and the future.…”
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From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / by Mosca, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.…”
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