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Politics can be a profitable business investment. This can be found in Republican era Canton amidst a politically fragmented China. Competing merchant groups in Hong Kong sought to finance the regional government in Canton in return for financial concessions. Colonial Hong Kong made these attempts possible because it offered the merchants a haven to which they could retreat. Merchants in modern China, different from their western counterparts, remained dependent on the political authorities. This patronage system made commercial endeavours dependent on politics and, significantly, it embedded business in politics - a phenomenon that still exists in China today.

   CONTENIDO: List of Illustrations - List of Maps - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - A Note on Romanization - Introduction: Business and Politics - An Immigrant Community and its Leadership, 1841-1900 - The Hong Kong Merchants in a New China - Money Politics in Guangdong - Hong Kong Merchants for a 'Canton for the Cantonese' - Military Confrontation and Retreat - Conclusions: Business, Politics and Civil Society - Notes - Bibliography - Index.

Detalles del artículo

• Páginas : 208
• Editorial : Macmillan Distribution
• Idioma : Inglés
• Fecha de Publicación : 01/01/1998
• ISBN: 9780333671016
• Encuadernación : Cartoné
• Nº Volúmenes : 1
• Nº Edición : 1