1st Edition

Hong Kong in Transition One Country, Two Systems

Edited By Robert Ash, Peter Ferdinand, Brian Hook, Robin Porter Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Hong Kong in Transition offers a perspective on the exceptional constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a substantial period under Chinese rule. There have been both successes and failures, and a perceptible process of change which is important to document. The particular appeal of this volume lies in the fact that it combines a broad... Read more
Part I: The Hong Kong Business Environment
Part II: Government and Politics
Part III: Law and Legality
Part IV: Journalism and the Media

Biography

Robert Ash is Chiang Ching-kuo Professor of Taiwan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Peter Ferdinand is Director of the Centre for Studies in Democratisation at the University of Warwick. Brian Hook is Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hull and Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. Robin Porter is Professor of Business - Regional Development China and Asia Pacific, La Trobe University.

'Hong Kong in Transition is an excellent example of 'applied scholarship' addressing events of yesterday while illuminating those of today.' - Asian Affairs