The Hong Kong Reader - Passage to Chinese Sovereignty

The ring of countries bordering the Black Sea make up one of the unstable subregions of former Soviet republics, satellites and neighbours. This volume analyses the security issues in the Black Sea region and the development of mechanisms that would promote cooperation and conflict management.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Hong Kong’s Uneasy Passage to Chinese Sovereignty, Ming K. Chan, Gerard A. Postiglione; Chapter 2 Democracy Derailed: Realpolitik in the Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law, 1985–1990, Ming K. Chan; Chapter 3 Balancing the Beijing–London–Hong Kong “Three-Legged Stool,” 1971–1986, James T.H. Tang, Frank Ching; Chapter 4 Judicial Development of Hong Kong on the Eve of 1 July 1997, Berry F. Hsu; Chapter 5 The Decolonization of Hong Kong Education, Gerard A. Postiglione; Chapter 6 Education in Hong Kong and China: Toward Convergence?, Julian Y.M. Leung; Chapter 7 Hong Kong in an International Migration System, Ronald Sheldon; Chapter 8 New York Is Not Hong Kong: The Little Hong Kong That Never Was, Peter Kwong; Chapter 9 Economic Integration of Hong Kong and Guangdong in the 1990s, Yun-wing Sung; Chapter 10 Socioeconomic Center, Political Periphery: Hong Kong’s Uncertain Transition Toward the Twenty-first Century, Alvin Y. So, Reginald Y. Kwok;

About the author

Chan, Ming K.; Postiglione, Gerard A.; Chan, Ming K.

Summary

This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, along with a range of specialist writers.

Product details

• Authors: Ming K. Chan, Chan Ming K., Gerard A. Postiglione, Gerard A. (The University of Hong Kong Postiglione, Gerard A. (The University of Hong Kong) Postiglione
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780873328357
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-835-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Hongkong, LAW / General, Recht bestimmter Jurisdiktionen und bestimmter Rechtsgebiete, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Hong Kong, Politics & government, Politics and government, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions