Uneasy Partners · The Conflict Between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong by Goodstadt, Leo F. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface – Expectations of Excellence

An Absence of Revolution Ideal Partners The Promise of Prosperity Fades Business in Command Support at a Price The People’s Right to Rebuke Discredited from the Start Beijing to the Rescue Putting Hong Kong First Autonomy Abandoned Quality of Life Guangdong Overtakes Its Mentor State Planning Comes to Hong Kong Guangdong’s Junior Partner Constitutional Conclusions Acknowledgments Names, Titles, Currencies and Sources

Introduction — Against Great Odds

The Capitalist Setting Conflict and Collaboration An Ideological Weapon A Chinese Victory

I The Colonial Culture and Its Siege Mentality

The Barriers of Race and Culture The Expatriate Way of Life The Mandarin Class Inscrutable and Unpredictable Political Handicaps, Policy Failures Ideal Constituents

II Colonial Rule and Its Political Constraints

An Unsuitable Form of Government Expatriate Conflicts Elites Instead of Elections Open to Cultivation Political Paranoia In Fear of Local Talent Loyalties in Doubt Questions of Integrity The Ultimate Error The Distant Rulers

III The Struggle for Autonomy

London’s Limited Control In Place of Self-Government Currency Conflicts Financial Freedom Monopoly Privileges

IV The Diplomatic Battles

Imperial Strategies Hong Kong Takes Charge Secret Diplomacy Final Autonomy The Post-Colonial Challenge

V In Place of Democracy — A Privileged Elite

A Capitalist Meritocracy Hong Kong Transformed Ornamental Administration Life After Colonialism

VI Government and Business — A Rewarding Alliance

Public vs Private Interests Principles in Practice The Business Battlefields Beyond Colonialism

VII The Business of Corruption

Public Perceptions A Hero Disgraced A Question of Leadership The Police Crusade Property and Construction Corruption Covered Up The Unintended Consequences of Official Policies Management and Morality

VIII The Triumph of Chinese Capitalism

Historical Legacies The Colonial Patrimony Colonial Imperatives Studies in Survival The Jardine Group in Fear of Takeovers The Swires’ Superior Judgement The Kadoories’ Trial of Strength Competitive Pressures

IX The Hongkong Bank — The Ultimate Survivor

The Odds Against Survival Central Banker by Default Competitive Relations

X The Shanghainese — Colonial Allies, Colonial Heirs

The Shanghai Threat A Special Relationship The Making of a Myth Anglo-Shanghai Partnerships Patriots and Party Members

Conclusions — The Ideal Constituents

A Tolerant People A Hostile World Diplomats by Default No Place for Patriotism Distaste for Democracy Ethical Boundaries Blaming the Victims The Case for Reforms Conflicting Agendas Wooing the Middle Classes Basic Tensions An Intractable Majority Ideal Constituents

Statistical Appendix

Estimating the Expatriate Population The United Kingdom’s Economic Benefits Hong Kong Banking Statistics The Shanghainese: An Educated Minority

Notes

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CONCLUSIONS STATISTICAL APPENDIX

Bibliography

Official Hong Kong Documents Other Books and Journal Articles

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