HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indirect Rule
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European people use china as a base before they enter into mainland china. People can move forward and back to hk without restrict. As long as chinese did not break british rules~ Britain empire adapt the indirect rule into hk(the rules in india, local britain for example) To keep cost to run their colonies low identify village leaders, community leaders, treat them like other colonial leaders, use them and rely on them to the local population. Hk come out a new law, colonial govt rely on the village leader to approve first before send it to. Sojourner society-there is no actual communities being set up in hk people from china still consider china as their home, not hk. They find economic opportunities in hk, and send the money back to their home (china). Hk is a temporary settlement for chinese workers in hk, only for money. After wwii, many things changed in china. dictatorship of chinese government~
