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David C. Donald
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jiangyu Wang
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National University of Singapore
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A Financial Centre for Two Empires
Hong Kong's Corporate, Securities and Tax Laws in its Transition from Britain to China
, pp. 258 - 268
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Print publication year: 2014

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