Table of Contents:
  • The united front policy of the Chinese communists in Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Overt and covert functions of the Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency, 1947-1984
  • The origins of the Chinese communist alliance with the Hong Kong business elite, the 1997 question, and the basic law committees, 1979-1985
  • The involvement of the business elite in the drafting of Hong Kong's basic law and the problems of the united front policy, 1985-1990
  • The Chinese communists' united front with big business and their collaboration on the handover, 1990-1997
  • The selection of the chief executive, May-December 1996
  • Tung Chee-hwa and the last days of colonial Hong Kong, December 1996-June 1997.