Sino-British Negotiations and the Search for a Post-War Settlement, 1942–1949 (eBook)

Treaties, Hong Kong, and Tibet

Zhaodong Wang (Autor)

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2022
260 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-070665-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The book is a systematic study of the China-Britain relationship during the 1942-1949 period with a particular focus on the two countries' discussions over both the 1943 Sino-British treaty and the discarded Sino-British commercial treaty, the future of Hong Kong, and the political status of Tibet. These were dominated by two underlying themes: the elimination of the British imperialist position in China and the establishment of an equal and reciprocal bilateral relationship. The negotiations started promisingly in 1942-1943, but, by 1949, had failed to reach a satisfactory settlement. Behind the failure lay a complex set of domestic considerations and external factors, including the powerful infl uence of the United States. Even after seven decades, the failure still has a contemporary impact. Recent Sino-British disputes over the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement and incessant Indo-Chinese confl icts and skirmishes over their unsettled borders all attest to the enduring legacy of the years 1942-1949 as setting the scene for subsequent Sino-British and Sino-Indian relations. From this perspective, the history has never left us.

Zhaodong Wang, Lecturer at School of International Studies, Renmin University of China.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2022
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: Transformations of Modern China
• Zusatzinfo: 12 b/w and 1 col. ill.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: China-Britian Treaties • China-British Relationship • Chinesisch-britische gemeinsame Erklärung zu Hongkong • Hongkong • Hong Kong • Tibet
• ISBN-10: 3-11-070665-2 / 3110706652
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-070665-9 / 9783110706659