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Unequal treaty, 1898-1997 : China, Great Britain and Hong Kong's new territories / Peter Wesley-Smith.

Title
Unequal treaty, 1898-1997 : China, Great Britain and Hong Kong's new territories / Peter Wesley-Smith.
Author
Wesley-Smith, Peter.
Publication
Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.

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Description
xix, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Summary
This work surveys the treaty which leased the New Territories to Britain for 99 years. It also explains the difficulties which the treaty created in Sino-British affairs, as well as Hong Kong's domestic politics. The work includes the legal meanings of the treaty as well.--Publisher description.
Subject
  • China. Great Britain, 1898 June 9
  • Unequal treaties
  • Hong Kong (China) > History
  • China > Foreign relations > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > China
  • New Territories (China) > International status
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [242]-256.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0195837274 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^84135396^
OCLC
  • 10248923
  • SCSB-10734549
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library