Chapter 1 The Hong Kong Area Before the Opium Wars 1
Chapter 2 The British Occupation of Hong Kong Island 23
Chapter 3 The British Seizure of Kowloon 39
Chapter 4 The“New Territories”Leased to Britain Under Coercion 59
Chapter 5 Hong Kong and the Revolution of 191 1 75
Chapter 6 The Guangzhou-Hong Kong General Strike 93
Chapter 7 Hong Kong and the War of Resistance Against Japan 99
Chapter 8 The Political System of Hong Kong 116
Chapter 9 Hong Kong's Economic Development 127
Chapter 10 Culture and Education in Hong Kong 146
Chapter 11 A Review of the Chinese People's Past Efforts to Recover Hong Kong 169
APPENDICES 186
Ⅰ.The Sino-British Treaty of Nanking 186
Ⅱ.The Sino-British Treaty of Beijing(Annex:A Deed of Lease) 191
Ⅲ.Kowloon Extension Agreement(Convention Respecting the Extension of Hong Kong Territory)(Annex:Memorandum on the Delimitation of the Northern Boundary of the New Territories) 197
Ⅳ.The Sino-British Joint Declaration (Annex:Memorandums Exchanged Between The Chinese and British Governments) 201
Ⅴ.The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 227
Ⅵ.A Chronological Table of the Hong Kong Governors 269
Ⅶ.A Chronicle of Events(1839-1996) 270
Bibliography 279
Index 281