Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : Business enterprises, Foreign
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A Guide to Foreign Business Directories
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : Business enterprises, Foreign
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Business enterprises, Foreign
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Hong Kong Invaded! A 'Ninety-Seven Nightmare
Author: Gillian Bickley
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622095267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
No. It is not what you think. The year is 1897, not 1997. This is a fictional account of Hong Kong being invaded by the combined forces of France and Russia. This visionary novel by an anonymous author has been forgotten for a hundred years. Yet when published as The Back Door during the negotiations between Imperial China and Great Britain over the lease of the New Territories, the story aroused serious British fears about the possibility of defending Hong Kong against attack. Copies were then to be found on the desks of British officials in London. Matthew Nathan, who became Governor in 1904, was advised to read the book. But it was not only in 1897 that the book was accurate in its observations on military tactics. There are many intriguing parallels with the Christmas 1941 invasion by the Japanese and the role of the Hong Kong Volunteers at that time. Three strategically vulnerable locations identified in The Back Door were considered for attack in 1941. Had the Japanese read this fictional battle when plotting their manoeuvres? If so, The Back Door not only taught one way to defend Hong Kong, but also another to attack it.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622095267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
No. It is not what you think. The year is 1897, not 1997. This is a fictional account of Hong Kong being invaded by the combined forces of France and Russia. This visionary novel by an anonymous author has been forgotten for a hundred years. Yet when published as The Back Door during the negotiations between Imperial China and Great Britain over the lease of the New Territories, the story aroused serious British fears about the possibility of defending Hong Kong against attack. Copies were then to be found on the desks of British officials in London. Matthew Nathan, who became Governor in 1904, was advised to read the book. But it was not only in 1897 that the book was accurate in its observations on military tactics. There are many intriguing parallels with the Christmas 1941 invasion by the Japanese and the role of the Hong Kong Volunteers at that time. Three strategically vulnerable locations identified in The Back Door were considered for attack in 1941. Had the Japanese read this fictional battle when plotting their manoeuvres? If so, The Back Door not only taught one way to defend Hong Kong, but also another to attack it.
Foreign Directories
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Hong Kong Fax Directory
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Category : Facsimile transmission
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Facsimile transmission
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 3738
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 3738
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Directory of American Business in South China (Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta)
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Category : Corporations, American
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Publisher:
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Category : Corporations, American
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Rosenstock's Gazetteer and Commercial Directory of China
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
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China Business
Author: Christine Genzberger
Publisher: World Trade Press
ISBN: 9780963186430
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Provides resource for capitalizing on import, export, and foreign investment opportunities in China.
Publisher: World Trade Press
ISBN: 9780963186430
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Provides resource for capitalizing on import, export, and foreign investment opportunities in China.
Hong Kong
Author: Jan Morris
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307781062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World-renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and comprehensive study of the enigma of Hong Kong thus far.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307781062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World-renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and comprehensive study of the enigma of Hong Kong thus far.
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory
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Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
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Publisher:
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Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
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