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Cosmopolitan CapitalistsHong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth Century\nAuthor(s): Gary G. Hamilton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295996486, 978-0295996486\nSynopsis\nAt midnight on June 30, 1997, Hong Kong became part of the Peoples Republic of China. The transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from Great Britain to China was an extraordinary historical event, signifying the end of the Wests colonial presence in Asia and the rise of Chinas hegemony.\n\nIn 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong changed from a barely inhabitable colonial entrept to one of the worlds leading financial and industrial centers. Faced with a new social and economic order under Chinese law, many Hong Kongers moved to a new country; others decided to stay; but many chose to maintain their lives and livelihoods in Hong Kong, while spreading their assets and their family members around the w.