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 …

This thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kong's political
evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present. Exploring the interplay between …

At midnight on June 30, the British Union Jack was lowered over Hong Kong for the last
time. A few minutes later, on July 1, China's red flag was hoisted and the new Hong Kong …

The introduction of" representative government" in Hong Kong after the signing of the Sino-
British Joint Declaration in 1984 brought hope that by 1997 the classical bureaucratic …

A fascinating analysis of the features of the Hong Kong-style democracy viewed as alien,
hostile, potentially subversive, and substantially dangerous by the mainland Chinese …

The suggestion that Hong Kong might someday serve as an experimental test case for
China's political development, whether democratic or otherwise, would have been greeted …

Government and politics in British Hong Kong are a paradox. Constitutionally the political
system is that of a Crown Colony created in the Victorian era, which had remained little …

Long secure in its identity as an international trading center, Hong Kong seems uncertain in
its emerging role as a political city moving ever closer into alignment with contemporary …

From 1982, when the Chinese government first signalled its intention to take back Hong
Kong, to the actual transfer of sovereignty in 1997, the PRC engaged in a long-term …

In the tumultuous negotiations of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, the United
Kingdom willingly signed over Hong Kong's reigns to the People's Republic of China, but …