About Ghassan Moazzin

Ghassan Moazzin is an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong. He works on the economic and business history of 19th and 20th century China, with a particular focus on the history of foreign banking, international finance and electricity in modern China. His first book, Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870–1919, was recently published by Cambridge University Press.

Ghassan Moazzin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He works on the economic and business history of 19th and 20th century China. You can find out more about his work on his website. He is also on twitter @ghassanmoazzin.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Ghassan:

Michael Schiltz, "Accounting for the Fall of Silver: Hedging Currency Risk in Long-Distance Trade with Asia, 1870-1913" (Oxford UP, 2020)

February 20, 2023

Accounting for the Fall of Silver

Michael Schiltz
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

The second half of the nineteenth century is correctly known to have culminated in the emergence of the gold standard as the first truly international…

Bert Becker, "France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930: Maritime Competition and Imperial Power" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

August 29, 2022

France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930

Bert Becker
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930 Maritime Competition and Imperial Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) explores imperial power and…

Robert Cliver, "Red Silk: Class, Gender, and Revolution in China's Yangzi Delta Silk Industry" (Harvard UP, 2020)

April 27, 2022

Red Silk

Robert Cliver
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

Red Silk: Class, Gender, and Revolution in China's Yangzi Delta Silk Industry (Harvard UP, 2020) is a history of China's Yangzi Delta silk industry du…

Margherita Zanasi, "Economic Thought in Modern China: Market and Consumption, c.1500–1937" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

December 3, 2021

Economic Thought in Modern China

Margherita Zanasi
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

In Economic Thought in Modern China: Market and Consumption, c.1500–1937 (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Margherita Zanasi argues that basic notio…

Ying Jia Tan, "Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882-1955" (Cornell UP, 2021)

October 1, 2021

Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882-1955

Ying Jia Tan
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

In Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882–1955 (Cornell University Press, 2021), Ying Jia Tan explores the fascinating politics of Chinese power…

Austin Dean, "China and the End of Global Silver, 1873–1937" (Cornell UP, 2020)

September 1, 2021

China and the End of Global Silver, 1873–1937

Austin Dean
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

In the late nineteenth century, as much of the world adopted some variant of the gold standard, China remained the most populous country still using s…

Peter E. Hamilton, "Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization" (Columbia UP, 2021)

June 29, 2021

Made in Hong Kong

Peter E. Hamilton
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong: Transpacif…

Fei-Hsien Wang, "Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China" (Princeton UP, 2019)

June 7, 2021

Pirates and Publishers

Fei-Hsien Wang
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China (Princeton University Press, 2019) is a detailed historical look at how copyrigh…

John Wong, "Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century: The House of Houqua and the Canton System" (Cambridge UP, 2016)

May 13, 2021

Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century

John Wong
Hosted by Ghassan Moazzin

In Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century: The House of Houqua and the Canton System (Cambridge University Press, 2016), John D. Wong examines the Can…