Language Policy in British Colonial Education: Evidence from Nineteenth‐Century Hong Kong

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Evans
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Colonial Education ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
British Colonial Education

Chinese Tong as British Trust: Institutional Collisions and Legal Disputes in Urban Hong Kong, 1860s–1980s

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1409-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHANIE PO-YIN CHUNG
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Legal Decisions ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Late Nineteenth

AbstractBy the nineteenth century, with the advance of British colonial activities, British corporate laws had been transplanted to maritime Asia with varying degrees of vigour. In British Hong Kong, these laws often clashed with native customs. Through a reconstruction of the legal disputes found in urban Hong Kong, this paper discusses how British and Chinese business traditions interacted with each other during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Before assessing the historical implications and consequences of these legal decisions, this paper will also explore whether the Chinese institution of tong is compatible with British law in urban Hong Kong.

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