Titlebook: Hong Kong, Empire and the Anglo-American Alliance; Andrew J. Whitfield Book 2001 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Li

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An Empire Brought into Question, 1942, define Britain’s colonial policy and find some way of presenting it to her Allies. During 1942 and into early 1943, Britain’s imperial confidence slowly began to recover, partly because it could get no lower. With it came a growing determination to avoid any concessions to her Allies over colonial

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,China Claims Hong Kong, 1942–43,colony’s cession to Britain in the nineteenth century, however, that China attempted to regain its lost territory. During the Second World War and up until 1997, the Chinese argued that the treaties of cession were ‘unequal’ and, consequently, unlawful.

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,London’s Hong Kong Planning, 1943–44,ere troubled. They were concerned that London’s Far Eastern strategy, which included Hong Kong, was being submerged by European affairs closer to home and the interference of American politicians. The fact that the Commander in Chief of India controlled British Far Eastern military policy despite ha

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,Anglo-American Military Strategy in the Far East, 1942–44,cans offered aircraft carriers. Unable to pack the military punch which their political aspirations yearned for, London was left to play a bad hand skilfully. The Foreign and Colonial Offices were acutely conscious of Britain’s military weakness in the Far East, and were left placing their hopes in

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The Cairo Conference,r 1943, it was meant to heal divisions between America, Britain and China. In fact, the talks exacerbated their misconceptions about each other. Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden were keen to align British and American policy for the invasion of France before meeting Stalin at Tehran immediately af

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,Hard Choices: Yalta, the Death of a President and San Francisco, November 1944–June 1945,ic anchor of Asia. Instead, Roosevelt looked to the Soviet Union to provide stability in the Far East. At Yalta, the proof was in the pudding; the President trampled over his promises to preserve the territorial integrity of China in order to gain Russian commitment for the Pacific war. Manchuria wa

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Conclusion,This sentiment could easily be applied to Britain’s attempt to recover her colony of Hong Kong during the Second World War. At times it seemed as if Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong was incidental to Britain recapturing it at all. Opposition to London’s continued sovereignty over Hong Kong from her A

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Andrew J. Whitfieldsité Paris VI-VII, CNRS) held May 12-16, 1986 in Argelès-Village on the French Catalan coast. This meeting was organized by C. Choffrut, M. Nivat, F. Robert, P. Sallé and gathered a hundred participants. The proceedings of the last two Spring Schools have already been published in this series and de

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Andrew J. Whitfieldsité Paris VI-VII, CNRS) held May 12-16, 1986 in Argelès-Village on the French Catalan coast. This meeting was organized by C. Choffrut, M. Nivat, F. Robert, P. Sallé and gathered a hundred participants. The proceedings of the last two Spring Schools have already been published in this series and de