The Lone Flag

Language: English

Published by Hong Kong University Press Apr 2014, 2014

9888208322 / 9789888208326

Series: Book 3 of 28 - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series

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Neuware -When Hong Kong fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941, Macao was left as a tiny isolated enclave on the China Coast surrounded by Japanese-held territory. As a Portuguese colony, Macao was neutral, and John Reeves, the British Consul, could remain there and continue his work despite being surrounded in all directions by his country's enemy. His main task was to provide relief to the 9,000 or more people who crossed the Pearl River from Hong Kong to take refuge in Macao and who had a claim for support from the British Consul. The core of this book is John Reeves' memoir of those extraordinary years and of his tireless efforts to provide food, shelter and medical care for the refugees. He coped with these challenges as Macao's own people faced starvation. Despite Macao's neutrality, it was thoroughly infiltrated by Japanese agents. Marked for assassination, he had to have armed guards as he went about his business. He also had to navigate the complexities of multiple intelligence agencies--British, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese Nationalist--in a place that was described as the Casablanca of the Far East.…

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Title
The Lone Flag
Author
John Pownall Reeves
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Apr 2014
Publication year
2014
Condition
Neu
Binding
Buch
Language
English
ISBN 10
9888208322
ISBN 13
9789888208326
Item weight
537 grams
Dimensions
236x159x22 mm
Series
Book 3 of 28: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series

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