About Nathan Kwan
Nathan Kwan is currently a third year PhD student in a joint programme between the University of Hong Kong and King’s College London. His current research focuses Sino-British interactions in suppressing piracy in China in the nineteenth century. He is particularly interested in the nexus of cooperation between colonial and naval officials in Hong Kong and Qing officials in Kowloon and Canton and its implications for both sides’ understanding and negotiation of international law and maritime sovereignty on the China coast. Prior to starting his PhD, Nathan obtained his A.M. from the Regional Studies – East Asia Programme at Harvard University in 2015. His master’s thesis investigated cooperation between British and Chinese officials in dealing with criminals in Hong Kong. Nathan received his B.A. in Asian Studies and B.S. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013.
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