Refugee wave from the People's Republic of China to British Hong Kong
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (April 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
History of the People's Republic of China |
---|
History of |
China portal |
British Hong Kong was a major destination for refugees fleeing China in the 20th century.[1][2][3]
History
Before Communist China
China suffered a chronic
Controls tightened at the end of the civil war. Hong Kong imposed new immigration regulations in April 1949,
Refugees continued to arrive after the Second World War. Another wave occurred as the newly founded PRC consolidated its control in southern China.[7] By 1957, a third of Hong Kong's population of 2.5 million were refugees.[5] Nonetheless, PRC measures did make natural growth the main source of population growth in Hong Kong.[6]
Later waves
The flood-famine in Northern Guangdong in Spring 1957 led to a wave of refugees in July 1957. Thousands of hungry civilians gathered at the border since February claiming to "seek relatives". Hongkongers, upon seeing the scenes in newspapers, felt pity and brought food across the border and the political impact worried the Guangdong officials. On 29 June 1957, the Guangdong committee of Chinese Communist Party authorized the Bao'an County to let the hungry get across the border.[9]
The
Policy toward refugees
Hong Kong
Edvard Hambro wrote, "Some may not be refugees in the legal sense but are in the broader sociological and humanitarian sense."[11]
A report in 1958 by the Hong Kong government wrote, "he refugees [in 1957], however, have shown no desire to return to the mainland, even though Hong Kong is unable to offer to all the prospect of earning a reasonable living."[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Smart & Smart 2008, p. 182.
- ^ a b c Hambro 1957, p. 69.
- ^ "1167. Chinese refugees in Hong Kong". XII. Resolutions Adopted on The Reports of The Third Committee. 26 November 1957.
{{cite book}}
:|work=
ignored (help) - ^ Chi-Kwan Mark 2007, p. 1145.
- ^ a b Chi-Kwan Mark 2007, p. 1146.
- ^ a b c d Hambro 1957, p. 71.
- ^ a b Chi-Kwan Mark 2007, p. 1148.
- Hong Kong Legislative Council. 2008-02-19. p. 1. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-12-01.
- ISBN 9789888369539.
- New York Times. 1964-05-03. Archived from the originalon 26 February 2021.
- ^ Hambro 1957, p. 74.
- ISBN 9789882201057.
Sources
- Chi-Kwan Mark (November 2007). "The 'Problem of People': British Colonials, Cold War Powers, and the Chinese Refugees in Hong Kong, 1949-62". Modern Asian Studies. 41 (6). Cambridge University Press: 1145–1181. JSTOR 4499816.
- JSTOR 273076.
- Smart, Alan; Smart, Josephine (2008). "Time-Space Punctuation: Hong Kong's Border Regime and Limits on Mobility". Pacific Affairs. 81 (2): 175–193. .