Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her books include The Diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966, The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969 (and its Chinese edition), Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s, China Reconstructs, and A Reappraisal of the Opium War. She has published numerous articles in international refereed journals. She specializes in modern and contemporary China, Hong Kong history, Chinese foreign relations, Sino-American relations, and Catholic history.

This book studies the activities of the Chinese Communists in Hong Kong from 1937 to 1997. The Chinese Communists were involved with the Hong Kong capitalists. Communication and cooperation between them and mutual interests constituted the manifestation of a united front effort. The Chinese Communists were more accommodating of Hong Kong and open to working with the local capitalists than some observers might think. This book reveals a unique part of Chinese Communist history, and six decades of astonishing united front between the Chinese Communists and Hong Kong upper-class capitalists. It should attract the attention of anyone interested in contemporary China.