Ep. 107 | The History of Hong Kong (Part 7)

Welcome back to Part 6 of this overview of the History of Hong Kong. In this episode the fog of war descends on Hong Kong. First the Marco Polo Bridge Incident 7-7-37 and all the devastation that followed in China. Refugees poured into Hong Kong desperate to escape the Japanese onslaught. World War Two begins and this is the time of Sir Mark Young and General Christopher Maltby and the whole Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The episode closes with a quick look at the post-war history that followed in Hong Kong.

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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/Term	Chinese	English/Meaning
Jiu yi ba	九一八	9-18, September 18, 1931 Mukden (Shenyang) Incident
Kempeitai	宪兵队	The Japanese Military Police
San nian ling bage yue	三年零八个月	The 3 years and 8 months (of Japanese occupation)
Sham Shui Po	深水埗	District in Kowloon, site of an internment camp during the occupation
Song Jiaoren	宋教仁	Great Chinese revolutionary, intellectual, KMT co-founder assassinated March 1913, subject of a great article by Economist writer Gady Epstein.
Song Meiling	宋美龄	Madam Chiang Kai-shek
Wong Nai Chong Gap	黃泥涌峽	Gap on rocky Hong Kong island where one can go from north to south
Yingjun Fuwutuan	英军服务团	The British Army Aid Group
Zhide kan	值得看	Worth reading

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