Eastern Fortress Dr Shengbao YangCelebrated as a trading port, Hong Kong was also Britain's "eastern fortress". Likened by many to Gibraltar and Malta, the colony was a vital but vulnerable link in imperial strategy, exposed to a succession of enemies in a turbulent age and a troubled region. This book examines Hong Kong's developing role in the Victorian imperial defence system, the emerging challenges from Russia, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and other powers, and
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Modern thought has gradually dismantled philosophical and theological systems-"theisms"-which means that we must look for God in the "a-" rather than in "theism
This makes the Chinese developments part of the ancient worldwide movement of enlightenment of the axial age
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This volume makes available Peter Winch’s previously unpublished manuscripts on political philosophy
These studies are based on critical scrutiny of indigenous sources and
