Unsettling Exiles : : Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong and the Southern Periphery During the Cold War / / Angelina Chin.
The conventional story of Hong Kong celebrates the people who fled the mainland in the wake of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. In this telling, migrants thrived under British colonial rule, transforming Hong Kong into a cosmopolitan city and an industrial and financial h...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. “REFUGEES” OR “UNDESIRABLES”: THE FATE OF CHINESE ESCAPEES IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
- 2. THE THIRD FORCE AND THE CULTURE OF DISSENT IN HONG KONG
- 3. CULTURAL REVOLUTION AT SEA: DEAD BODIES AND KIDNAPPING IN THE HONG KONG SEA TERRITORIES
- 4. THE UNWANTED IN LIMBO: WAS HONG KONG A REFUGE OR A DUMPING GROUND?
- 5. THE THREE ESCAPEES
- 6. COMMEMORATING THE BIG ESCAPE: THE QUESTION OF MEMORIES
- EPILOGUE
- Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index