Aboulthe Author

Uu Shuyonj! was bom in Jamuary 1941 m

Dingxim County, Hebei Province. He

graduated ftom the Departmenl of Foreign

Languages of Nankai Vniversity, Tiaojin, in

1966. He earned an MA in history fivm the

Graduale School of the Chinese Academy of

Social Scieces in 1982. He has served as

assistant research fellow, associate research

fellow md research fellow of the Research

Institute of Modem Chinese Hislory of the

Chinest Academy of Social Sciences since

1982. He has served concurrently as deputy

dinctor of the Second Research Office on

China's Extemal Relations, and a responsible

member ofthe Research Group on Hong Kong

History ofthe Institule.

Enganed in studies qfHong Kong's history

since 1983, Liu has to his credit the following!

major -works: Hong Kong in the 19th Century

(co-author): Hong Kong in the 20th Century

("Chapter on Politics") (chief editor and

co-author); The Origin of the Hong Kong

Queslion in History-Comments on Selected

Materials on the British Occupation of

Kowloon; Everything Is Affectionate (Selected

Works of Alumni of the University of Hong

Kong on China's Mainland) (chief editor) and

Essays on the History of Hong Kong. His

research papers include "Tsarist Russia and

Intemational Bank Consortia," "Westem

Influence on Modem Chinese Society-Viewed

from the Hislory ofHong Kong." "Hong Kong

and tke Revolution 1911," "The Hong Kong

Region Before the Opium Wars," "A Study of

the History of the Kowioon Peninsula, the

Kowloon Sub-district and Kowloon City."

"The Whole Slory Aboul the Question of

Kowloon City," 'The New Program and

Govemment Administration and Hong Kong"

and "Brifish Policies Tward Hong Kong cmd

China'sAttitude. 1948-1952."