One Country Two Systems in Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Wong Klappentext 'One Country, Two Systems' in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention in Hong Kong after the British handover in 1984 has curtailed Hong Kong's civil liberties; how freedom of speech is at the mercy of the government; and how deception has turned the 'Pearl of the Orient' into the rubber stamp of the Chinese Communist Party. Zusammenfassung 'One Country! Two Systems' in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention in Hong Kong after the British handover in 1984 has curtailed Hong Kong's civil liberties; how freedom of speech is at the mercy of the government; and how deception has turned the 'Pearl of the Orient' into the rubber stamp of the Chinese Communist Party. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 The Principle and Its Practice Chapter 2 "One Country" and "Two Systems": Where is the Line? Part 3 Political and Legal Changes Chapter 4 Taking Stock of "One Country, Two Systems" Chapter 5 The Search for the Rule of Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997-2003 Part 6 State-Society Relationships Chapter 7 The "Right of Abode" Issue: A Test Case of "One Country, Two Systems" Chapter 8 Catholic Church Relations with the Hong Kong SAR Government: The Paradigm Shift Chapter 9 Governance in Education in Hong Kong: A Decentralizing or a Centralizing Path? Part 10 Hong Kong and Outside World Chapter 11 Business as Usual?: The European Union and Hong Kong after the Handover Chapter 12 An East-West Conundrum: Hong Kong in Between China and the United States after the Chinese Resumption of Sovereignty Chapter 13 Compromise on Depoliticization: Post-1997 Hong Kong-Taiwan Ties under Cross-Straits Conflict

Product details

• Authors: Yiu-Chung, Wong Yiu-chung
• Assisted by: Wong Yiu-chung (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780739129050
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2905-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Human Rights, HISTORY / Asia / China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties, Asian History, Human rights, civil rights, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, Public international law: treaties & other sources