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Hotung Family: From Outcasts to Elites by proscoke is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a conference paper about the rise of an Eurasian entrepreneurial family in colonial Hong Kong. It discusses how two brothers - Sir Robert Ho Tung and Walter Bosman - went from being social outcasts with dubious Eurasian origins to becoming a prominent colonial elite family. The brothers utilized their unique position as brokers between China, Britain, and Hong Kong to establish themselves as compradores (agents) for major British trading companies. Through economic, legal, and socio

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