The Damned

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Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 144340456X
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Book Synopsis The Damned by : Nathan M. Greenfield

Download or read book The Damned written by Nathan M. Greenfield and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Damned tells the largely unknown saga of Canada’s first land battle of the Second World War—fought in the hills and valleys of Hong Kong in December 1941—and the terrible years the survivors of the battle spent as slave labourers for the Empire of Japan. Their story begins in the fall of 1941, when almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at Hong Kong. In the seventeen-day battle for the colony following the Japanese attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story—how the Canadians survived the horrid conditions of the Japanese POW camps—lasts three and a half years. Despite the circumstances, the surviving Canadians remained unbowed and unbroken. Theirs is a story of determination and valour, of resilience and faith.

The China Challenge

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Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776619551
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis The China Challenge by : Huhua Cao

Download or read book The China Challenge written by Huhua Cao and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2011-05-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exception of Canada’s relationship with the United States, Canada’s relationship with China will likely be its most significant foreign connection in the twenty-first century. As China’s role in world politics becomes more central, understanding China becomes essential for Canadian policymakers and policy analysts in a variety of areas. Responding to this need, The China Challenge brings together perspectives from both Chinese and Canadian experts on the evolving Sino-Canadian relationship. It traces the history and looks into the future of Canada-China bilateral relations. It also examines how China has affected a number of Canadian foreign and domestic policy issues, including education, economics, immigration, labour and language. Recently, Canada-China relations have suffered from inadequate policymaking and misunderstandings on the part of both governments. Establishing a good dialogue with China must be a Canadian priority in order to build and maintain mutually beneficial relations with this emerging power, which will last into the future.

Hong Kong Money

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Book Synopsis Hong Kong Money by : John DeMont

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"C" Force to Hong Kong

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554880432
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Book Synopsis "C" Force to Hong Kong by : Brereton Greenhous

Download or read book "C" Force to Hong Kong written by Brereton Greenhous and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a “no military risk” campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Office. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Was Canadian Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, guilty of putting his own interests above those of his men in telling the minister of National Defence that there was “no military risk” in sending the “C” Force? The book recounts the formation of the “C” Force and its departure to Hong Kong where it arrived just three weeks before the Japanese attack. It outlines the course of the battle from December 8, 1941, until the inevitable surrender of the garrison on Christmas Day. It places appropriate emphasis on the Canadian contribution, refuting 1947 allegations by the British General-Officer-Commanding — allegations which were only made public in 1993 — that the Canadians did not fight well. Greenhous attacks these charges with solid evidence from participants and eye-witnesses. Finally, the book tells the story of life and death in the prison camps of Hong Kong and Japan.

I Am Canada: Defend or Die

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Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443142735
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis I Am Canada: Defend or Die by : Gillian Chan

Download or read book I Am Canada: Defend or Die written by Gillian Chan and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating and rarely told World War II story: that of the Canadian troops sent to defend Hong Kong from the invading Japanese. Nineteen-year-old Jack Finnigan is a born troublemaker. He has grown up defying authority and leaves his small town to enlist in the Royal Rifles, expecting adventure . . . and not afraid of danger. Little does he know what awaits across the Pacific, where his untested regiment is being sent to defend the vulnerable British colony of Hong Kong. The Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, many of them young and untrained, quickly find themselves in the thick of battle as the Japanese attack on Sunday, December 7, 1941 (the same day as the bombing of Pearl Harbor). After nearly a month of fighting, the colony falls to the Japanese. Jack writes about the fierce battles during those hard weeks, the surrender and capture of his unit, and his brutal time in the POW camp. In those desperate battles and horrendous conditions, he befriends a once-despised sergeant and learns to work with him in order to survive.

China, Including Hong Kong

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Publisher : Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780662299813
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis China, Including Hong Kong by : Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Download or read book China, Including Hong Kong written by Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and published by Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Canadiens À Hong Kong

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ISBN 13 : 9780662652779
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (527 download)

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Book Synopsis Canadiens À Hong Kong by : Canada. Veterans Affairs Canada

Download or read book Canadiens À Hong Kong written by Canada. Veterans Affairs Canada and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Not the Slightest Chance

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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622096158
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Not the Slightest Chance by : Tony Banham

Download or read book Not the Slightest Chance written by Tony Banham and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 10% of Hong Kong's defenders were killed in battle; a further 20% died in captivity. Those who survived seldom spoke of their experiences. Many died young. The little 'primary' material surviving – written in POW camps or years after the events – is contradictory and muddled. Yet with just 14,000 defending the Colony, it was possible to write from the individual's point of view rather than that of the Big Battalions so favoured by God (according to Napoleon) and most historians. The book assembles a phase-by-phase, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, and death-by-death account of the battle. It considers the individual actions that made up the fighting, as well as the strategies and plans and the many controversies that arose. Not the Slightest Chance will be of interest to military historians, Hong Kong residents and visitors, and those in the UK, Canada, and elsewhere whose family members fought, or were interned, in Hong Kong during the war years.

The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities

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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773558071
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities by : Jessica Tsui-yan Li

Download or read book The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities written by Jessica Tsui-yan Li and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the geopolitical and economic circumstances that have prompted migration from Hong Kong and mainland China to Canada, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities examines the Chinese Canadian community as a simultaneously transcultural, transnational, and domestic social and cultural formation. Essays in this volume argue that Chinese Canadians, a population that has produced significant cultural imprints on Canadian society, must create and constantly redefine their identities as manifested in social science, literary, and historical spheres. These perpetual negotiations reflect social and cultural ideologies and practices and demonstrate Chinese Canadians' recreations of their self-perception, self-expression, and self-projection in relation to others. Contextualized within larger debates on multicultural society and specific Chinese Canadian cultural experiences, this book considers diverse cultural presentations of literary expression, the “model minority” and the influence of gender and profession on success and failure, the gendered dynamics of migration and the growth of transnational (“astronaut”) families in the 1980s, and inter-ethnic boundary crossing. Taking an innovative approach to the ways in which Chinese Canadians adapt to and construct the Canadian multicultural mosaic, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities explores various patterns of Chinese cultural interchanges in Canada and how they intertwine with the community's sense of disengagement and belonging. Contributors include Lily Cho (York), Elena Chou (York), Eric Fong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Loretta Ho (Toronto), Jack Leong (Toronto), Jessica Tsui-yan Li (York), Lucia Lo (York), Guida Man (York), Kwok-kan Tam (Hang Seng Management College), Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier), and Henry Yu (British Columbia).

The Endless Battle

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ISBN 13 : 9781773100050
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis The Endless Battle by : Andy Flanagan

Download or read book The Endless Battle written by Andy Flanagan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Near the end of October 1941, a few hundred soldiers from New Brunswick were among the 1,975 Canadian troops who set sail from Vancouver to reinforce the British Colony of Hong Kong. Within two short months, after a hard-fought but disastrous battle against the Imperial Japanese Army, the island fell to the invaders on Christmas Day, and its defenders were ordered to surrender by the governor of Hong Kong. The survivors were taken captive. Based on the first-hand accounts of the author's father, Andrew "Ando" Flanagan, a rifleman from Jacquet River, NB, The Endless Battle explores the Battle of Hong Kong and its long aftermath, through the eyes of the soldiers. During their captivity, the POWs endured starvation, forced labour, and brutal beatings. They lived in deplorable conditions and many died from illness. But the soldiers stuck together, bound by their camaraderie, loyalty to King and Country, and collective desire to sabotage the Japanese war effort. Writing intimately and sensitively about the lingering effects of the trauma of the soldiers held in captivity, Andy Flanagan shows both the heroism of individual soldiers and the terrible costs of war."--

China Tide

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis China Tide by : Margaret Cannon

Download or read book China Tide written by Margaret Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as 600,000 Hong Kong citizens plan to move to Canada, Australia and other countries before the People's Republic of China takes back the crown colony in 1997. The author introduces the reader to these immigrants as they describe the changes in their lives and what they expect from Canada.

Hong Kong

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ISBN 13 : 9780662254386
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (543 download)

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Book Synopsis Hong Kong by : Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Download or read book Hong Kong written by Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hague convention, prevention.

The Triumph of Citizenship

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Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840757
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Book Synopsis The Triumph of Citizenship by : Patricia E. Roy

Download or read book The Triumph of Citizenship written by Patricia E. Roy and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association. Patricia E. Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the BC coast in 1942. Canada ignored the rights of Japanese Canadians and placed strict limits on Chinese immigration. In response, Japanese Canadians and their supporters in the human rights movement managed to halt "repatriation" to Japan, and Chinese Canadians successfully lobbied for the same rights as other Canadians to sponsor immigrants. The final triumph of citizenship came in 1967, when immigration regulations were overhauled and the last remnants of discrimination removed.

The Other Hong Kong Report 1992

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Publisher : Chinese University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622015630
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (156 download)

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Book Synopsis The Other Hong Kong Report 1992 by : Joseph Y. S. Cheng

Download or read book The Other Hong Kong Report 1992 written by Joseph Y. S. Cheng and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sergeant Gander

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554884632
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Book Synopsis Sergeant Gander by : Robyn Walker

Download or read book Sergeant Gander written by Robyn Walker and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canada's canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War. Armed only with his formidable size, an intimidating set of teeth, and a protective instinct, Gander rought alongside his fellow Canadian soldiers. As the Royal Rifles' position become more precarious, the men were forced to retreat into the hills of Hong Kong, and it was here that a group of wounded Canadians, threatened by a live grenade, came to fully appreciate the loyalty of Gander. For his service in battle, Sergeant Gander was awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent to the Victoria Cross for humans. This honour is dedicated to animals displaying gallantry and devotion to duty while under any control of the armed forces. Sergeant Gander is the nineteenth dog to receive this medal and the first Canadian canine to do so.

Canadians in Hong Kong

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ISBN 13 : 9780662686453
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Canadians in Hong Kong by : Canada. Veterans Affairs Canada

Download or read book Canadians in Hong Kong written by Canada. Veterans Affairs Canada and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

One Soldier's Story 1939-1945

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550024086
Total Pages : 211 pages
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Book Synopsis One Soldier's Story 1939-1945 by : George S. MacDonell

Download or read book One Soldier's Story 1939-1945 written by George S. MacDonell and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.