John Dragon Young
Encyclopedia
John Dragon Young was a scholar of Chinese history
who was also the first history scholar to become an elected member of parliament in Hong Kong
under British rule.
History of China
Chinese civilization originated in various regional centers along both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleys in the Neolithic era, but the Yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest...
who was also the first history scholar to become an elected member of parliament in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
under British rule.
Published works
- Confucianism and Christianity: the Jesuits, their converts, and their critics, 1552-1669 (1976)
- "Sun Yat-sen and Hong Kong : the development of his early theories on China's modernization, 1887-1897", published in Perspectives on China's modernization : variations on a theme (1984)
- Towards a Hong Kong identity : the riots of 1966 and 1967 (1991)