You can't hold your breath for months, so the people of Hong Kong talk of other things. But when they pause they hear the time bomb ticking. Their island will be difficult to capture, but no picnic to defend. Collier's staff writer in the Orient sends by radio a picture of this uneasy fortress of British prestige
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The "time Bomb in Hong Kong"
The "time Bomb in Hong Kong" article is available online at http://www.unz.org/Pub/Colliers-1941jun07
It begins:
You can't hold your breath for months, so the people of Hong Kong talk of other things. But when they pause they hear the time bomb ticking. Their island will be difficult to capture, but no picnic to defend. Collier's staff writer in the Orient sends by radio a picture of this uneasy fortress of British prestige