1st Edition

Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong

By Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So Copyright 2002
    416 Pages
    by Routledge

    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    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).

    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

    Biography

    Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So