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The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series) by Kwan, Stanley S. K. (Stanley Sze Kwong), 1925-2011; Kwan, Nicole; Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Dragon and the Crown is the unforgettable memoirs of Stanley Kwan, the creator of the Hang Seng Index. Wedged between the East and the Westthe Dragon and the CrownStanley Kwans life experiences are a microcosm of the forces pulling at Hong Kong. He was born into a traditional Chinese banking family but attended Kings College under the British colonial system. Fired up by patriotism during the war, he joined the Nationalist Chinese army and served as an interpreter for American forces in southwest China. In 1949, two of his brothers went to the Mainland to join the socialist revolution. Although tempted to join, he stayed in Hong Kong, worked for a British firm and became a China watcher at the American Consulate General. He finally joined a local Chinese bankHang Seng Bank where, as head of the Research Department, he launched the Hang Seng Index and witnessed the dramatic ebbs and flows of the Hong Kong economy. With the prospect of 1997, Stanley Kwan deliberated on his future and decided to retire to Canada in 1984, joining the tide of immigrants from Hong Kong. While Hong Kongs spectacular economic growth and its political development have been well documented, the social an

Author

Kwan, Stanley S. K. (Stanley Sze Kwong), 1925-2011; Kwan, Nicole; Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Publisher

University of Washington Press; Hong Kong University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9789622099555

Subjects

Economics, Memoir, Business