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The French consulate in Hong Kong during interwar: distorted hierarchies and civil diplomacy

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From 1862 until 1949, the situation of the French consulate in Hong Kong was unique: on a British territory, it operated under the orders of the French Legation in Beijing and was highly influenced from Hanoi by French Indochina. The consuls also had to look after the interests of smaller French consulates outside their official constituency, from Longzhou to Fuzhou. A disruptive approach of diplomacy, far from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ rules and specifications. Not to mention the weight of the French community. Different actors were at stakes, with various concerns and benefits: the agent of the shipping company Messageries Maritimes, the director of the Bank of Indochina or the catholic Procurator of the Foreign Missions of Paris… all examples of the leverages at work around the diplomats, forming layers of civil diplomacy. Mostly based on diplomatic sources, this case study also aims at enlightening the roles and interactions of French Nationals abroad and their way to structure and organize their community.

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hal-04257278 , version 1 (25-10-2023)

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François Drémeaux. The French consulate in Hong Kong during interwar: distorted hierarchies and civil diplomacy. Global diplomacy, a post-institutionnal approach, Europeaninstitut, Aug 2018, Basel (CH), Switzerland. ⟨hal-04257278⟩
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