Steve Tsang is Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics at St Antony's College, Oxford University. He served as Director of the Asian Studies Centre at Oxford from 1997 to 2003 and is the author of A Modern History of Hong Kong, The Cold War's Odd Couple and Hong Kong: An Appointment with China, all published by I.B. Tauris.

• Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1. Governance in a colonial societyChapter 2. The cadet scheme Chapter 3. Benevolent paternalism Chapter 4. Effects of the Pacific War Chapter 5. Expansion Chapter 6. Meeting the challenges of a Chinese community Chapter 7. Localization Chapter 8. Meeting the challenges of modernity Chapter 9. An elite within the government Chapter 10. Inhibited elitism Notes References Index

'An indispensable work for reference as well as for inspired historical interpretation.' Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Professor at the University of Texas at Austin 'Governing Hong Kong is an investigation into the central importance of Administrative Officers (called Cadets until 1959) in the Hong Kong civil service and into the difference they made to the quality of governance. Based on archival research, extensive interviewing, surveys and a comprehensive bibliography, this unique, scholarly and well-presented book is a major contribution to knowledge in several inter-related fields.' - Brian Hook, former Editor of the China Quarterly and Visiting Professor of China Studies, Middlesex University Business School 'Meticulously researched and convincingly argued, Governing Hong Kong is an example of original, detailed yet stimulating historical scholarship at its best' Anthony Kirk-Greene, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford