The initialing on September 26, 1984, of the" Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question
of Hong Kong" was an event of historic significance. 1 China will" resume" sovereignty over …

This article's purpose is to explain how over the past few years the British and Hong Kong
governments came to make some of the difficult choices they did on the future of Hong Kong; …

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 YEAR 1982 witnessed significant developments in Chinese domestic and foreign
affairs, although these in general were grounded in trends and policies that stretched back …

The British government's decision in mid-1992 to manage more aggressively the remaining
five years of Hong Kong's transi-tion to Chinese rule heightened tensions between Hong …

Hong Kong has been part of Chinese territory since ancient times. Before the British
occupation, Hong Kong had achieved considerable development in agriculture, fisheries …

On the eve of June 30, Hong Kong was officially passed back to China. This event will mark
what Willem van Kemenade sees as the start of an increasingly problematic--and even …

The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly
expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for …

" This is an exciting book that will be widely read... It will in fact be treated as one of the major
contributions to the literature on contemporary China... The author has a clear view of what …

The story of Hong Kong and the rise of China in an era of globalisation, authoritarian power
and democratic defiance. The recent protests and crackdown in Hong Kong shook the world …