NA27560041
HISTORY OF HONG KONG, THE: 2. HONG KONG IN 1911 REVOLUTION
Examines the role Hong Kong played in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. Lee Kam-keung (Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University) describes what Sun Yat-sen said in his 1923 speech at the University of Hong Kong, where Furen Wenshe (later Xingzhong Hui) was located, explains why photographer Umeya Shokichi supported Sun and shows historical buildings in Ha Pak Nai, Yuen Long, where revolutionaries used to hide. Joseph Ting Sun-pao (Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) explains why Hong Kong is an ideal location for development of Chinese revolutionary thinking and support of Sun's uprisings.
DVD
30 minutes
2009
USD 500.00