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Historical Dictionary of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR
Chan, Ming K.; Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing
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Description for Historical Dictionary of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR
hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBJF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 735.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is located on the southeastern coast of China, and the Macao SAR can be found off of China's southern coast. Both regions have recently been released from European colonial rule: Hong Kong from British control in 1997 and Macao from Portugal in 1999. As SARs, Hong Kong and Macao retain a high degree of autonomy, and they control all issues except those of state (e.g. diplomatic relations and national defense). As with other volumes in the Historical Dictionaries series, the Historical Dictionary of the Hong Kong ... Read more
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is located on the southeastern coast of China, and the Macao SAR can be found off of China's southern coast. Both regions have recently been released from European colonial rule: Hong Kong from British control in 1997 and Macao from Portugal in 1999. As SARs, Hong Kong and Macao retain a high degree of autonomy, and they control all issues except those of state (e.g. diplomatic relations and national defense). As with other volumes in the Historical Dictionaries series, the Historical Dictionary of the Hong Kong ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810850613
SKU
V9780810850613
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Ref
99-15
About Chan, Ming K.; Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing
Ming K. Chan is a research fellow and an executive coordinator of the Hong Kong Documentary Archives, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Shiu-hing Lo is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR
...this useful dictionary will help to provide much valuable background information to the HKSAR and the Macao SAR...it should be found on the shelves of any reference collection that aims to be comprehensive.
s, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2007
This book is an indispensable reference resource for studying and researching the histories of Hong Kong and Macao....recommended...
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s, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2007
This book is an indispensable reference resource for studying and researching the histories of Hong Kong and Macao....recommended...
... Read more