Episode 05/ Postscript/ Discussion & Analysis

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Notes from Utopia: The Tropicalist discusses the long history of cosmopolitan cities in China Hosts Jesse and Madhavi talk at length about:the exact terms of the agreement between Britain and Chinathe experiences of Hong Kong immigrants to Canada and the phenomenon of reverse migrationthe Greater Bay Area and its prospects for integrating Hong Kong into the mainland economyLinks:The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China’s Treaty PortsConfucian Cosmopolitanism (Note: Start at p. 34)China’s Frontiers and the Encounter with the Sea through Early Imperial HistoryTogether They Might Make Trouble: Cross-Cultural Interactions in Tang Dynasty GuangzhouMedieval Tamil-Language Inscriptions in ChinaBoundaries and Beyond: China’s Maritime Southeast in Late Imperial TimesThe Way of the Barbarians: Redrawing Ethnic Boundaries in Tang and Song China (draft thesis available here and refer to p.xx for an interesting discussion on how the Chinese viewed Indians)The Muslim Merchants of Pre-Modern ChinaIf you want to get a feel for the Hong Kong of Alan Zeman’s youth, there’s no better chronicle in the English language than Jan Morris’ Hong Kong (1997). Get a taste of her writing in her Guardian piece on post-handover Hong Kong, The View DownhillReturn Migration from Canada to Hong KongChina’s Systemic Advantages for Tech-Enabled InnovationsIs the Greater Bay Area China’s Future?China’s Greater Bay Area InitiativeHSBC Doubles Down on China with New Greater Bay Area OfficeMaking it in the Megacity: China’s GBA Is Increasingly the Career Destination of Choice for Ambitious Young Researchers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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