{"product_id":"grounded-at-kai-tak-malcolm-merry-9789888754151","title":"Grounded at Kai Tak: Chinese Aircraft Impounded in Hong Kong, 1949-1952","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe tale of a legal saga surrounding seventy-one airplanes in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set against the backdrop of regional and international post-Second World War tensions, \u003ci\u003eGrounded at Kai Tak\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive account of the complex legal struggle for ownership of seventy-one airplanes belonging to the two main Chinese airlines, which were stranded at Kai Tak airfield in Hong Kong at the end of the Chinese Civil War. The resulting contest for possession of them took place in the courts and among politicians and diplomats on three continents. In the process, the struggle became entangled with the anti-communist policies of the United States in the emerging Cold War, British hopes for the restoration of her pre-war commercial position in China, disagreements between nations about recognition of the new government in Peking, and the delicate balance that the colonial government of Hong Kong had to keep to preserve the colony's interests. Merry tells the tale of this legal saga by weaving together archival documents and news reports of the day, revealing the international alignments that emerged from the aftermath of the wars and the colorful cast of actors that influenced the outcome of the dispute. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Merry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9888754157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789888754151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hong Kong University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Malcolm Merry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078951825663,"sku":"9789888754151","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f7f3de4-4720-4aa1-bc1a-607d78611ae8.jpg?v=1685478434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grounded-at-kai-tak-malcolm-merry-9789888754151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}