Patrick Hase

Patrick H. Hase received his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge before coming to live and work in Hong Kong in 1972. He was a part-time lecturer and the advisory board chairman of the Department of History, Lingnan University. He serves as an honorary advisor to the governments of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Kaiping, and is the past president and honorary fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong, among others.His previous monographs include The Six-Day War of 1899: Hong Kong in the Age of Imperialism (2008); Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong’s New Territories, 1750–1950 (2013); Forgotten Heroes: San On County and Its Magistrates in the Late Ming and Early Qing (2017); and Settlement, Life, and Politics: Understanding the Traditional New Territories (2020).