Wuhan and the Revoultion Against the British Empire

A lecture by Dr Christopher Courtney (Durham) for the International History Research Seminar Series.

In January 1927, Chinese protestors forced the British to surrender their concession in Hankou, a treaty port in the city of Wuhan. Though largely forgotten today, this marked an important symbolic defeat for the British Empire in Asia. This paper examines these events from the perspectives of various communities who made their home in Wuhan, including the Chinese workers who led the protests, the British families evacuated upriver, and the Indian policemen who were swept up in the Chinese revolution. 

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