Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and Reintegration

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COLONIAL HONG KONG A N D MODERN CHINA Hong Kong University Press thanks Xu Bing for writing the Press's name in his Square Word Calligraphy for the covers of its books. For further information, se e p. iv. The contributors to this volume are: Gillian Bickley Chan Kwok-shin g Chan Lau Kit-chin g Chung Wai-keung David Faure Fung Chi Ming Louis Ha Elizabeth L. Johnson Diana Lary Lee Pui-tak Bernard H. K. Luk Catherine R. Schenk Wong Man-kon g COLONIAL HONG KONG A N D MODERN CHINA Interaction and Reintegration Edited by Lee Pui-ta k # * * . * i tUS . *t HONG KON G UNIVERSIT Y PRES S Hong Kong University Pres s 14/F Hing Wai Centr e 7 Tin Wan Praya Roa d Aberdeen Hong Kon g© Hon g Kon g Universit y Pres s 200 5 ISBN 96 2 209 720 0 All rights reserved. N o portion of this publication ma y b e reproduce d or transmitted i n any for m o r by any means , electronic o r mechanical , including photocopy , recording , o r an y informatio n storag e o r retrieva l system, withou t prio r permission i n writing fro m th e publisher . British Librar y Cataloguing-in-Publicatio n Dat a A catalogu e record fo r thi s book is available from th e British Library . Secure On-lin e Orderin g http ://w ww.hkupress. org Printed and bound by United League Graphic & Printing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, China. Hong Kon g Universit y Pres s i s honoure d tha t X u Bing , whos e art explores the complex themes of language acros s cultures , has written th e Press' s nam e i n hi s Squar e Wor d Calligraphy . Thi s signals our commitment to cross-cultural thinking and the distinctive nature o f ou r English-languag e book s publishe d i n China . "At first glance , Squar e Word Calligraph y appear s to be nothin g more unusual than Chinese characters, but in fact i t is a new wa y of renderin g Englis h word s i n th e forma t o f a squar e s o the y resemble Chinese characters. Chinese viewers expect to be able to read Squar e Wor d Calligraph y bu t cannot . Wester n viewers , however are surprised to find they can read it. Delight erupts when meaning is unexpectedly revealed. " — Britta Erickson, The Art ofXu Bing ...