Hong Kong, 1918. Tranquil compared to war-torn Europe. But on January 22nd, a running battle through the streets of Wanchai ended with five policemen dead. One

The HKP (Hong Kong Police),Asia‘s Finest is a battle-tested professional organization with strong leadership, competent staff, and deep culture. It is also a

Analyses the politics of policing in a range of regime types across East and Southeast Asia.

This book is one of the first to document the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from

“For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many wri