The Political Future Of Hong Kong
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Author |
: Kit Poon |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2007-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134078295 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134078293 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Political Future of Hong Kong by : Kit Poon
On July 1st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to the People’s Republic of China, but the past decade has been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central leaders in China. In fact, in 2003 Beijing had already succumbed to public pressure within the fairly short period of its rule by abruptly replacing its handpicked first Chief Executive with a British-groomed civil servant. This book examines the origin and evolution of Hong Kong’s political system, analyses the current contradictions in the system, and discusses how the system might develop in future. It focuses in particular on the office of Chief Executive in the context of Hong Kong’s transformation from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region in China. The dualistic structure of the Chief Executive’s office embodies a dilemma between two competing imperatives – Communist China’s imperative to retain a colonial political system where executive power is concentrated at the top; alongside the need to accommodate new, increasing demands for democratic representation within the territory. The Political Future of Hong Kong demonstrates how the British legacy left its imprint on Hong Kong’s political system. It analyses the strategies adopted by the Sovereign state as it attempted to cope with demands for representative government in the post-handover years, and the strains placed on Hong Kong’s political institutions by the uneasy relationship between central government and local forces of liberal autonomy. Kit Poon examines the possibility of the introduction of universal suffrage for the selection of the Chief Executive, and considers how Hong Kong can secure a democratic future in the context of broader Beijing-Hong Kong relations.
Author |
: Warren I. Cohen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 1997-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521627613 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521627610 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule by : Warren I. Cohen
A balanced analysis of a sensitive subject: Hong Kong's future prospects.
Author |
: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0030035198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780030035197 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Forecasting Political Events by : Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Author |
: Dylan Loh Ming Hui |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 12 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:933765674 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hong Kong's Political Future After the "Umbrella Revolution" by : Dylan Loh Ming Hui
This report looks at the political future of Hong Kong after the 2014 protests. Hong Kong's political future is an important and timely issue because its stability and the Mainland's attitude towards Hong Kong will have implications for the region given Hong Kong's close economic and social proximity with regional countries. Through an examination of primary and secondary documents and through 6 personal interviews in Hong Kong, several key observations arise. First, there are increased attempts, post 2014 protests, by the Chinese government to exert greater control in the fields of academia, media, civil society and politics. These have not been completely successful due to (1) an anti-establishment and critical segment of the electorate and (2) institutionalized ideals of transparency, liberty and openness. Additionally, one can draw three key conclusions from the report. First, Hong Kong remains an economically attractive place to do business and to work in. It will also retain its importance to mainland China despite some proclamations to the contrary. Second, while mainland China will no doubt attempt to exert greater control and influence over Hong Kong, it will face some difficulty especially in areas that are traditionally and fiercely independent. Third, there is likely to be greater divisiveness not only between locals and mainland Chinese in Hong Kong but also within Hong Kong society itself. In sum, the political future of Hong Kong looks uncertain and whilst there seem to be no real opening for any sort of compromise between the pro-establishment camp and the pro-democracy campy to be reached, the status quo will more or less remain.
Author |
: Hungdah Chiu |
Publisher |
: Praeger |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 1987-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822002967917 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Future of Hong Kong by : Hungdah Chiu
Hong Kong's expanding export-import trade and importance as a capital market have made it one of the major economic centers of Asia, second only to Tokyo. Consequently, the reversion of this previously capitalist city to the People's Republic of China ten years from now will have serious ramifications for the Western financial world. There is much speculation concerning the impact of communist control of the three principal factors which have contributed to Hong Kong's current standing: its political and social stability, economic reform, and the British legal system.
Author |
: Loong Yu Au |
Publisher |
: Pluto Press (UK) |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0745341462 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780745341460 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hong Kong in Revolt by : Loong Yu Au
"Hong Kong is in turmoil, with a new generation of young and politically active citizens shaking the regime. From the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the defeat of the Extradition Bill and beyond, the protestors' demands have become more radical, and their actions more drastic. Their bravery emboldened the labour movement and launched the first successful political strike in half a century, followed by the broadening of the democratic movement as a whole. But the new generation's aspiration goes far beyond the political. It is a generation that strongly associates itself with a Hong Kong identity, with inclusivity and openness. This book sets the new protest movements within the context of the colonisation, revolution and modernisation of China."
Author |
: Ching Kwan Lee |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2019-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501740930 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501740938 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Take Back Our Future by : Ching Kwan Lee
In a comprehensive and theoretically novel analysis, Take Back Our Future unveils the causes, processes, and implications of the 2014 seventy-nine-day occupation movement in Hong Kong known as the Umbrella Movement. The essays presented here by a team of experts with deep local knowledge ask: how and why had a world financial center known for its free-wheeling capitalism transformed into a hotbed of mass defiance and civic disobedience? Take Back Our Future argues that the Umbrella Movement was a response to China's internal colonization strategies—political disenfranchisement, economic subsumption, and identity reengineering—in post-handover Hong Kong. The contributors outline how this historic and transformative movement formulated new cultural categories and narratives, fueled the formation and expansion of civil society organizations and networks both for and against the regime, and spurred the regime's turn to repression and structural closure of dissent. Although the Umbrella Movement was fraught with internal tensions, Take Back Our Future demonstrates that the movement politicized a whole generation of people who had no prior experience in politics, fashioned new subjects and identities, and awakened popular consciousness.
Author |
: William F. Beazer |
Publisher |
: Praeger Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822002966687 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Commercial Future of Hong Kong by : William F. Beazer
Author |
: Miron Mushkat |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015062494136 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Economic Future of Hong Kong by : Miron Mushkat
Author |
: Kevin Rafferty |
Publisher |
: Viking Adult |
Total Pages |
: 552 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822006664429 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis City on the Rocks by : Kevin Rafferty
Explores Hong Kong's history and culture in detail, profiling the powers behind Hong Kong's business and political worlds.