It is critical reading for all who study, trade or deal with China. 0 reviews Get A Copy Kindle Store 9. Sheridan's book tells how Hong Kong opened the way for the People's Republic as it reformed its economy and changed the world, emerging to challenge the West with a new order that raises fundamental questions about progress, identity and freedom. In The Gate and the Wall, Michael Sheridan, who served for two decades as a foreign correspondent in Asia, provides a vivid modern history of Hong Kong from China's break with Maoism in.The story takes the reader from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century to the age of globalisation, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the fight for democracy on the city's streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. Preview The Gate to Chinaby Michael Sheridan The Gate to China: A New History of the Peoples Republic and Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan really liked it4.00 The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on documents from archives in China and the West, interviews with key figures and eyewitness reporting over three decades. Essential reading for anyone wishing to deal with China or to understand the world in which we live. █████████████████████████████████████████████████Īn epic history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. Buy The Gate to China by Michael Sheridan from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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