This is a fully updated edition of this compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting China and Hong Kong. This area is one of the world's top destinations for birdwatchers. A total of 252 species is described here in detail, from the majestic White-naped Crane to the s[...]

This book covers the origins of Hong Kong's currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a currency board, the subsequent problems leading to the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, and the later reforms. The Epilogue traces Hong Kong's monetary developments between 19[...]

This is a collection of administrative dispatches from the 1910s through the early 1960s which illuminate a number of special characteristics of Hong Kong government policy and rural life in Hong Kong in the post-WWII period.[...]