HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Status Quo, Cecil Harcourt, Imperial Preference
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Hk was a base for japan to facilitise their need for the war. Japanese came up with another idea, to deal with hk. Death, emigration, forced labour hk population 1. 6 mil to 0. 6 mil. -atrocities: st. stephen"s college (dec, 1941); 10,000 women raped. -no law and order: military police on anti-japanese activities. Japanese govt limited the food every family can get, food price started to rise. In hk, japanese soldiers were rarely being controlled under rules. Guerrillas in new territories (sai kung, yuen long)--> east river bridge (ccp) supply of food applied by japanese soldiers. Hong kong planning unit in london, 1943-35: future of hong kong. During the war years, china actually asked britain to give back hong kong. in london, the group of civil. Hong kong has its own means of defense, if the britain suddenly leave hk to give it independence. there is no one going to protect hk anymore.
