中国之门--中华人民共和国和香港的新历史

 迈克尔-谢里丹的《中国之门--中华人民共和国和香港的新历史》是一本2021年的书。

它的标题是一个错误的描述。这不是一部中国和香港的新历史。这本书实际上是一部香港的政治史，重点在某些方面。

这些方面是英国和中国之间关于香港、九龙和新界的回归和移交的谈判，导致1997年移交的政治，以及2019年的简短暴乱。

第一章讲述了清朝在鸦片战争后交出这些土地的情况。然后，谢里丹为我们很好地叙述了参与谈判的中国和英国的领导人。

我们了解到习仲勋，即习近平的父亲，他受邓小平的委托，在广东的经济特区开创了改革。

我们还有廖承志的钢笔画像，据说他发明了一国两制的概念，还有李强、珀西-克拉多克、大卫-威尔逊、爱德华-尤德等人。

有趣的是谈判的细节和中国的红线。遗憾的是，这些细节中的一些没有脚注，没有支持性的来源。我想知道这些资料的来源。

除此以外，我仍然推荐这本书，因为唯一一本关于回归的好书是马克-罗伯蒂在1994年写的《香港的衰落--中国的胜利与英国的背叛》。

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The Gate to China A new history of the People's Republic and Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan is a 2021 book.

It's title is a misdescription. This is not a new history of China and HK. This book is actually a political history of HK with emphasis on certain aspects.

These are the negotiations between the British and China on the return and handover of HK, Kowloon and the New Territories, the politics leading to the handover in 1997 and briefly the riots in 2019.

Chapter one deals with the Ching dynasty's surrender of these lands after the Opium wars. Sheridan then gave us a good narrative of the leaders from China and UK involved in the negotiations.

We learn of Xi Zhong Xun, the father of Xi Jin Ping, who was tasked by Deng Xiao Ping to pioneer reforms in the Special Economic Zones in Guangdong.

We also have pen portraits of Liao Cheng Zhi who was said to have invented the concept of One Country Two Systems, Li Qiang, Percy Cradock, David Wilson , Edward Youde etc

What is interesting is the details of the negotiations and the red lines of China. Unfortunately, some of these details are not footnoted with supporting sources. I would have like to know the sources.

This quibble aside, I would still recommend this book as the only other good book on the handover is an old 1994 book The Fall of Hong Kong- China's Triumph and British Betrayal by Mark Roberti.