The Project Gutenberg eBook, Hong Kong, by Gene Gleason

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Hong Kong


Hong Kong

Gene Gleason

The John Day Company, New York

© 1963 by Gene Gleason

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. Published by The John Day Company, 62 West 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., and simultaneously in Canada by Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto.

Library of Congress Catalogue
Card Number: 63-7957

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


To all who helped—
particularly, Pat


Contents

Introduction[11]
1.Up from British Barbarism[15]
2.An Avalanche from the North[47]
3.Conflict and Coexistence with Two Chinas[85]
4.Industrial Growth and Growing Pains[113]
5.High Land, Low Water[155]
6.A New Day for Farms and Fisheries[175]
7.Crime, Power and Corruption[201]
8.Two Worlds in One House[227]
9.Rambling around the Colony[259]
10.Shopping before Dinner[289]
Index[309]

Sixteen pages of illustrations will be found [following page 160].