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Hong Kong and Chinese Foreign Policy, 1955–60

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Gary Catron
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The argument presented here is that Hong Kong was sometimes, but not always, an exception to the overall pattern of Chinese foreign policy in the second half of the 1950s. This discrepancy existed because to China, Hong Kong was so many things – a British colony and as such an extension of the West, an Asian neighbour, and a territory to be someday reunited with the mainland. By reacting to Hong Kong in different ways the Chinese were using more discrimination than simply applying their grand strategy to each specific case.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 51 , July 1972 , pp. 405 - 424
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1972

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