Characteristics and Development of HK's Political System (1941-1945)

Having rule by martial law

Japanese set up a military government 軍政廳 and imposed martial law

Using Chinese to rule Chinese 以華制華

Two Chinese councils 兩華會 were responsible for handling district affairs

Establishing a repatriation policy 歸鄉政策

forced local Chinese to return to mainland→ population of HK declined (1600000/600000)

Implementation of oppressive policies

Food rationing; Japanese as the sole official language of HK: Japanese culture was promoted to local Chinese; Japanese language became a major subject in the school curriculum; private property was confiscated at will

Putting emphasis on military demands as the administration

Characteristic (1)

Imposing strict and harsh control on HK

Characteristic (2)

Carrying out district administration

Characteristic (3)

Ruling Chinese with Chinese

Characteristic (4)

Carrying out Japanization policies

Characteristic (5)