Dec 14th, 2020
World War 1
In this episode Stephen and DJ discuss the period leading up to the First World War, what happened in Hong Hong during the war and the period after. They compare Shanghai with Hong...
The Hong Kong History Podcast
Weekly discussions on subjects related to the history of Hong Kong.
Dec 23rd, 2020
In this episode Stephen takes us through the days before the Japanese invasion to a detailed account of the invasion its...View Details
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Dec 4th, 2020
Steamy disasters
In the fourth episode Stephen takes us through the turn of the 20th century up until World War 1. We discuss the rapid change in shipping during the period, defending the island as...
Nov 27th, 2020
The blockade
Hong Kong gets over its teething pains and begins to develop as a major international port city. The scourge of piracy is brought under some sort of control. Thanks to a huge emigr...
Nov 18th, 2020
What happened next
The story wanders on through Hong Kong’s patchy early years, when clever drafting by the Chinese side in the 1843 Supplementary Treaty of the Bogue, left the newly founded port of ...
Oct 29th, 2020
Beginnings
We make a stab at answering ‘how come Hong Kong’, paying close if occasionally erratic attention to modern Hong Kong’s origins in British trade with China, a chance discovery of a ...
