The chapters are written by nine leading international scholars and address issues of diplomacy and politics, finance and economics, intelligence and propaganda, refugees and humanitarianism, tourism and popular culture, and their lasting impact on Hong Kong. Far from simply describing a historical period, these essays show that Hong Kong's unique Cold War experience may provide a viable blueprint for modern-day China to develop a similar model of good governance and may in fact hold the key to the successful implementation of the One Country Two Systems idea.
Priscilla Roberts is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. She has published numerous books and articles on Anglo-American relations, Western-Asian relations, the Cold War, and international history.
John M. Carroll is professor of history at the University of Hong Kong and is the author of A Concise History of Hong Kong.