Hong Kong's missing history.

Reports on the decision of Hong Kong to not celebrate its 150th anniversary of British ownership. Suggestion that the British government did not celebrate the anniversary in order to avoid offending China in the run up to 1997, when Hong Kong will be given back to China; Hong Kong's controversial history; Impediments to a joint interpretation of Hong Kong's history; Efforts of historians to determine Hong Kong history from the point of view of residents rather than expatriate Europeans; Ignorance of the history of non-Chinese communities in Hong Kong; Efforts of Great Britain to avoid any incident which would illuminate their human rights abuses in Hong Kong; Factors which shape the history of the region.