In the last few decades, four rapidly expanding economies (known as" the Four Dragons")
have emerged on the Pacific Rim of Asia. One of these powerful trade and financial centers …

By the late twentieth century, Hong Kong had entered the public and private consciousness
as one of the world's greatest business centers. In the background looms its mysterious past …

But while Hong Kong's top leaders take a tougher line on the city of more than seven million
people, they are courting a crucial constituency: the rich. Top officials are preparing a new …

Hong Kong faces the greatest challenge in its history as it returns to Chinese rule in 1997.
How will it be affected by the pressures of the hand over period, and what lessons can be …

Hong Kong emerged as the leading global business centre of Asia in the mid-nineteenth
century and remained under British colonial control until 1997, when it was returned to its …

On 1 July 1997, when China regains sovereignty over Hong Kong, it will have taken another
step in its efforts to recover territory lost during the nineteenth century, in the waning years of …

The biggest debate about the future of Hong Kong is poised on whether China wil honor the
1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration or whether it will introduce corruption and over …