Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong

by Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So

Overview

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).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765610010
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2002
Series:	Hong Kong Becoming China: Beyond 1997 Series
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So

Table of Contents

1: Introduction; 2: Hong Kong and the Reconstruction of China's Political Order; 3: Realpolitik Realignment of the Democratic Camp in the Hong Kong SAR; 4: Changing Political Cleavages in Post-1997 Hong Kong; 5: The 1999 District Councils Elections; 6: Transformation of the Civil Service System; 7: Chapter 1 of Hong Kong's New Constitution; 8: Legal Facets of Hong Kong SAR Economic Development; 9: Hong Kong's Economy Since 1997; 10: “Fifty Years No Change”?; 11: Hong Kong's Language Policy in the Postcolonial Age; 12: The Transformation of Academic Autonomy in Hong Kong; 13: Walking a Tight Rope; 14: Postcolonial Cultural Trends in Hong Kong; 15: Conclusion: Crisis and Transformation in the Hong Kong SAR

Editorial Reviews

Political scientists, social scientists, journalist, business people, law scholars, and others in Hong Kong evaluate the Special Administration Region since what Chan calls the retrogression from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997. They find ballooning budget deficits, an unprecedented rise in unemployment, a continuing deflationary spiral, a seriously depressed property market, and near negative growth, all of which makes the city's economic miracle since the end of World War II seem a distant memory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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