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Book The Challenge of Hong Kong s Reintegration with China

Download or read book The Challenge of Hong Kong s Reintegration with China written by Ming K. Chan and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven essays in this volume address some of the critical issues underlining the process of Hong Kong's reintegration with China. In reviewing the drastic changes in Hong Kong since the mid-1980s, the authors provide multi-disciplinary perspectives to articulate the major institutions and forces that shape the interaction between Beijing and Hong Kong and help to define the challenges ahead.

Book Hong Kong

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  • Author : Michael Yahuda
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2018-10-24
  • ISBN : 1317761626
  • Pages : 190 pages

Download or read book Hong Kong written by Michael Yahuda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for her international standing. This is the first study to analyse the serious problems and real opportunities that the return of the colony poses to China's international status. Examining the relationships between Greater China, Hong Kong and the West, Hong Kong: China's Challenge explores the challenges that Chinese policy makers face up to 1997 and beyond: the clash of political cultures; handling problematic negotiations; dealing with conflicting economic interests. The book concludes by suggesting that a laissez faire approach to the lucrative Hong Kong markets will ensure that China harnesses the full political and economic benefits of sovereignty over the colony.

Book Keeping Democracy at Bay

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  • Author : Suzanne Pepper
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780742508774
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book Keeping Democracy at Bay written by Suzanne Pepper and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kong's political evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present. Exploring the interplay between colonial, capitalist, communist, and democratic forces in shaping Hong Kong's political institutions and culture, Suzanne Pepper offers a fresh perspective on the territory's development and a gripping account of the transition from British to Chinese rule. The author carries her narrative forward through the lives of significant figures, capturing the personalities and issues central to understanding Hong Kong's political history. Bringing a balanced view to her often contentious subject, she places Hong Kong's current partisan debates between democrats and their opponents within the context of China's ongoing search for a viable political form. The book considers Beijing's increasing intervention in local affairs and focuses on the challenge for Hong Kong's democratic reformers in an environment where ultimate political power resides with the communist-led mainland government and its appointees.

Book Hong Kong in China

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  • Author : Gungwu Wang
  • Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Hong Kong in China written by Gungwu Wang and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997, amid much tension and speculation, closes one significant colonial chapter in Asia. At the same time, it also sets the stage for new political and economic possibilities with China closely involved with a key financial center in Asia. Hong Kong in China comprises a collection of papers evaluating the situation in Hong Kong SAR over the last two years. The handing over of Hong Kong to China presents a challenge to the legal system which is intrinsically and delicately linked to the political vision of one country, two systems. While politicians and legalists seek to work out the model, the people of Hong Kong confront the dilemma of an identity crisis, on top of the contentious social problems presented by the immigration of Chinese mainlanders.

Book Hong Kong Reintegrating with China

Download or read book Hong Kong Reintegrating with China written by Pui-tak Lee and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book provides a multi-dimensional analysis of Hong Kong's development, and her political, socio-economic and cultural relations with China.

Book Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule

Download or read book Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule written by Yongnian Zheng and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is a compilation of the analyses written by East Asian Institute experts on Hong Kong since the handover. It covers most, if not all the important events that have taken place in Hong Kong since 1997, including its economic integration and relations with China, its governance conundrums, the Hong Kong identity and nation-building, the implementation of the minimum wage, and the elections from 2011OCo2012. The book''s panoramic view of Hong Kong makes it a useful resource for readers who seek a broad understanding of the city and how it has evolved after its return to China. It also offers some glimpses into the direction Hong Kong is heading in its socio-economic relations with China at both the state and society levels, as well as its domestic political developments and the prospects for democratization.

Book Crisis and Transformation in China s Hong Kong

Download or read book Crisis and Transformation in China s Hong Kong written by Ming K. Chan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hong Kong has undergone sweeping transformation since its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. This is a multidisciplinary assessment of the new regime and key issues, challenges, crises and opportunities confronting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Book Found in Transition

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  • Author : Yiu-Wai Chu
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 2018-10-16
  • ISBN : 1438471696
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Found in Transition written by Yiu-Wai Chu and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China. In Found in Transition, Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong’s unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent developments, especially with respect to language, movies, and popular songs as modes of resistance to “Mainlandization” and different forms of censorship, Chu explores the challenges facing Hong Kong twenty years after its reversion to China as a Special Administrative Region. Highlighting locality and hybridity along postcolonial lines of interpretation, he also attempts to imagine the future of Hong Kong by utilizing Hong Kong studies as a method. Chu argues that the study of Hong Kong—the place where the impact of the rise of China is most intensely felt—can shed light on emergent crises in different areas of the world. As such, this book represents a consequential follow-up to the author’s Lost in Transition and a valuable contribution to international, area, and cultural studies. “This is a wide-ranging and worthy sequel to Chu’s Lost in Transition. By juxtaposing a series of critical issues—urban development, self-writing, language education, and cultural production, among others—that have confounded those who care deeply about this former British colony, Chu offers his readers an intelligent and sensitive guide to connect and make sense of the various debates, and he places the conundrums Hong Kong faces in the contexts of both the limits of neoliberal capitalism and the ‘Age of China.’” — Leo K. Shin, author of The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands

Book A Concise History of Hong Kong

Download or read book A Concise History of Hong Kong written by John M. Carroll and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The book explores Hong Kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where Chinese history, British colonial history, and world history intersect. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of Hong Kong's reintegration with China, and significant developments and challenges since 1997.

Book Hong Kong s Reunion with China  The Global Dimensions

Download or read book Hong Kong s Reunion with China The Global Dimensions written by Gerard A. Postiglione and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issues surrounding Hong Kong's global position and international links grow increasingly complex by the day as the process of Hong Kong's transformation from a British colony to a Chinese Special Administration Region unfolds. This volume addresses a number of questions relating to this process. How international is Hong Kong? What are its global and international dimensions? How important are these dimensions to its continued success? How will these dimensions change, especially beyond the sphere of economics? Is Hong Kong's internationalization, defined in terms of its willingness to embrace international values and its capacity to maintain its international presence, at risk? These questions are presented as they pertain to the changing situation; relations between mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; the positions of Australia, Canada and the United States on Hong Kong; internalization of international legal values; Americanization vs. Asianization; linkages to the world through Guangdong; strategies to emigrate overseas, cultural internationalization; media internationalization and universities within the global economy.

Book The Politics of Hong Kong s Reversion to China

Download or read book The Politics of Hong Kong s Reversion to China written by David W. Chang and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 1, 1997, after 99 years, Great Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. This book examines the challenge communist China faces to preserve the prosperity and stability that Hong Kong has achieved under the British legacy of a free-enterprise system and an efficient but non-interfering government.

Book The Reintegration of Hong Kong Into Mainland China and Its Effects Upon Democratization

Download or read book The Reintegration of Hong Kong Into Mainland China and Its Effects Upon Democratization written by James Robert Nebl and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the year 1997, the United Kingdom officially ceded control of Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China (PRC), establishing a fifty year period of semi-autonomous rule for Hong Kong while being reintegrated into Mainland China.The reintegration process of Hong Kong poses a number of important questions pertaining to the development of democratic values and institutions in East Asia. Hong Kong is an interesting case study in that it attempts to blend a Western democratic model with a more conservative and traditional East Asian worldview and culture. My paper draws upon analysis of Hong Kong's system over the past ten years as well as elite interviews I conducted in Hong Kong in December of 2008. I contend that while culture does shape a nation's political ideology, democratic institutions can be adopted as mechanisms of government which remain consistent with traditional values and norms" --Abstract.

Book Hongkongese Or Chinese

Download or read book Hongkongese Or Chinese written by Zhaojia Liu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hong Kong s Transition to Chinese Rule

Download or read book Hong Kong s Transition to Chinese Rule written by Ralf Horlemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, it appears that the 'high degree of autonomy' promised to Hong Kong is limited in many ways. China's reservations about the development of democracy in Hong Kong lies at the heart of the problem. The conceptual inadequacies set out in the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, show a correlation between a lack of democracy and a loss of autonomy. This book argues that genuine autonomy from the central government in Beijing is impossible without a democratic system in Hong Kong. Developments since the handover have, however, demonstrated that democratic trends have been halted and even reversed and that democracy is not likely to be established in Hong Kong in the near future.

Book Hong Kong    the Challenge of the Nineties

Download or read book Hong Kong the Challenge of the Nineties written by Sir David Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Good bye  Gweilo

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  • Author : Erwin Atwood
  • Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Good bye Gweilo written by Erwin Atwood and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores long-term public opinion and media use regarding Britain's return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. Content analysis, opinion surveys, and reviews are used to summarise public and international opinion. An overview of Hong Kong past and present is incorporated.

Book China s Hong Kong

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  • Author : Tim Summers
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9781788210706
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book China s Hong Kong written by Tim Summers and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: