Unequal treaty, 1898-1997
Subtitle: China, Great Britain, and Hong Kong's new territories
By: Peter Wesley-Smith.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Hong Kong; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: China.; Unequal treaties.; New Territories (Hong Kong) -- International status.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.; China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Description: This work surveys the treaty which leased the New Territories to Britain for 99 years. It also explains the difficulties which the treaty created in Sino-British affairs, as well as Hong Kong's domestic politics. The work includes the legal meanings of the treaty as well.--Publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [242]-256.
Includes index.