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Article: Chan Lau Kit-Ching. From Nothing to Nothing: The Chinese Communist Movement and Hong Kong, 1921-1936.(Review)
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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2000
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Chan Lau Kit-Ching. From Nothing to Nothing: The Chinese Communist Movement and Hong Kong, 1921-1936. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ix, 342 PP. Hardcover $59.95, ISBN 0-312-22428-1.
As Professor Chan Lau Kit-Ching aptly observes, Hong Kong's first encounter with Chinese Communism predates July 1,1997. It has been involved in the Chinese Communist movement ever since the movement's inception in 1921, and for many years before the Communist takeover in 1949 Hong Kong had served as headquarters for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Guangdong. The examination of this previously neglected history promises to shed light on our knowledge of the revolutionary ...