Ergebnis für "Kong!" in Welt

Hong Kong is the world’s most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. Through firsthand reportage, world-renowned travel writer Jan Morris takes us through the crowded streets of this enigmatic city, offering the most insightful and comprehensive study of Hong Kong thus far. She reviews Hong Kong’s early days as a British opium port controlled by pirates, cutthroats, and scoundrel tycoons, and looks ahead to the city’s future.

Weekly discussions on subjects related to the history of Hong Kong.

Da den tyske krydser Blücher blev sænket i Oslofjorden om morgenen den 9. april 1940, begyndte et dramatisk kapløb med tiden. Hitlers plan om en hurtig indtagelse af Norge slog fejl, og i et forsøg på at undgå en norsk tilbageerobring af Oslo iværksatte der Führer og hans medsammensvorne en kynisk kriseplan: Den flygtede kong Haakon, danske Christian X' lillebror, og hele den norske regering skulle tvinges til overgivelse gennem et morderisk anslag anført af nazistiske elitestyrker.

Interviews with authors of Hong Kong University Press books.

What can the massive protests that have roiled Hong Kong and the harsh repressive moves made against activists tell us about where this special metropolis is heading? And about how a resurgent China under strongman rule is challenging and reshaping the international order? Jeffrey Wasserstrom...

En Bibelpodkast om Jesus. Hver episode er vanligvis 15-20 minutter og utforsker et bibelsk tema, ofte med en vinkel på det budskapet som Bibelen kaller "evangeliet" (de gode nyheter). Episodene produseres av Lars Dorland, en dansk pastor / forfatter, som bor i Norge.

Eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army launched an invasion plan for Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was a British Colony at the time, soldiers from British colonies including India and Canada fought alongside Chinese guerrilla fighters. However, soldiers defending the city at the time were largely unprepared and Japan claimed its victory within 18 days.