Ep. 108 | The History of Hong Kong (Part 8)

After a bit of a break, we pick up after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The 1950s were a stressful time for Hong Kong with Britain managing a diplomatic balancing act trying to be a good neighbor to the new PRC and to their closest ally, the USA.

Thanks to the exodus of Chinese industrialists, from Shanghai mostly, Hong Kong will usher in a manufacturing boom that will transform the economy and the territory’s place in the world.

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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/Term	Chinese	English/Meaning
Guan Jiaqian	关家蒨	Nancy Kwan, see photo to the left
Jordan	佐敦	Area north of Tsim Sha Tsui
Mong Kok	-	Area north of Yau Ma Tei
Pibao Gongsi	皮包公司	A “purse company” meaning a small little mom & pop company
Shek Kip Mei	石硤尾	District in Kowloon, site of the Dec 25, 1953 fire
So Sau Chung	蘇守忠	The Hongkonger who played the key role in launching the 1966 Protests
Tsim Sha Tsui	尖沙咀	The main tourist district at the tip of the Kowloon peninsula
Xiao Shanghai	小上海	Little Shanghai, an area in North Point where many Shanghainese lived
Yau Ma Tei	油麻地	Area north of Jordan

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