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Hong Kong in the Shadow of China : Living with the Leviathan.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Brookings Institution Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (395 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815728139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.95125
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Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization -- The Hong Kong Hybrid -- Negotiating Hong Kong's Political System -- Hong Kong's Liberal Oligarchy: Civil and Political Rights -- Hong Kong's Liberal Oligarchy: Economic and Political Inequality -- Debating Universal Suffrage Before Occupy: Round 1 -- Electoral Reform After Occupy: Round 2 -- Democracy and Good Governance -- Hong Kong's Economy -- What Hong Kong Can Do to Improve Governance and Competitiveness -- China, Hong Kong, and the Future of One Country, Two Systems -- Hong Kong and Taiwan -- United States Policy toward Hong Kong -- Conclusion: The Future and Value of the Hong Kong Hybrid -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: A close-up look at the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong. Hong Kong in the Shadow of China is a reflection on the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong during which the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward electoral democracy and hundreds of thousands of protesters occupied major thoroughfares to push for full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system--established by China and dominated by the local business community--reinforces the divide been those who have profited immensely and those who struggle for basics such as housing. Richard Bush, director of the Brookings Institution's Center on East Asia Policy Studies, takes us inside the demonstrations and the demands of the demonstrators and then pulls back to critically explore what Hong Kong and China must do to ensure both economic competitiveness and good governance and the implications of Hong Kong developments for United States policy.
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization -- The Hong Kong Hybrid -- Negotiating Hong Kong's Political System -- Hong Kong's Liberal Oligarchy: Civil and Political Rights -- Hong Kong's Liberal Oligarchy: Economic and Political Inequality -- Debating Universal Suffrage Before Occupy: Round 1 -- Electoral Reform After Occupy: Round 2 -- Democracy and Good Governance -- Hong Kong's Economy -- What Hong Kong Can Do to Improve Governance and Competitiveness -- China, Hong Kong, and the Future of One Country, Two Systems -- Hong Kong and Taiwan -- United States Policy toward Hong Kong -- Conclusion: The Future and Value of the Hong Kong Hybrid -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

A close-up look at the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong. Hong Kong in the Shadow of China is a reflection on the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong during which the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward electoral democracy and hundreds of thousands of protesters occupied major thoroughfares to push for full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system--established by China and dominated by the local business community--reinforces the divide been those who have profited immensely and those who struggle for basics such as housing. Richard Bush, director of the Brookings Institution's Center on East Asia Policy Studies, takes us inside the demonstrations and the demands of the demonstrators and then pulls back to critically explore what Hong Kong and China must do to ensure both economic competitiveness and good governance and the implications of Hong Kong developments for United States policy.

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