Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong

It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when in 193133 Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today Geoffrey C. Gunn''s examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony.Utilizing little known archival material Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh communist and anti-colonial networks and FrancoBritish relations.