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MSc History student from the University of Edinburgh looking for sources regarding the experiences/role of women in Britains Informal Empire in China (to 1950). These sources may have then travelled with women who then moved to Hong Kong!!

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MSc History student from the University of Edinburgh looking for sources regarding the experiences/role of women in Britains Informal Empire in China (to 1950). These sources may have then travelled with women who then moved to Hong Kong, hence why I am posting on Gwulo, please delete if not allowed!!

Friends of East Asia talk - April 5th 2025 - Photos of old Hong Kong

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[Update: we're now fully booked for this talk. Thank you to everyone who has booked, and I look forward to seeing you on the 5th.]

The Friends of East Asia are delighted to welcome back David Bellis, B.E.M., of Gwulo, on Saturday 5th April 2025 who will talk to us on more of his fascinating photos of old Hong Kong.  David has recently been awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to Heritage Preservation in Hong Kong in this New Year’s Honours List. 

Being Eurasian

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Thank you, jrollins, for posting your interesting chapter  p.427-440 Being Eurasian in Hong Kong | Gwulo

I wish my father could read it because for some people, the topic is sensitive.

 

Every generation that comes along, over time, has their new label / description / name, which results in the old label becoming politically incorrect for that era.  The current politically correct term is "individuals of multiracial descent".  But that is too long a name, so "Eurasian" is short and to the point.

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