Hong Kong on the Move: 10 Years as the HKSAR (Significant Issues Series) - Softcover

9780892065172: Hong Kong on the Move: 10 Years as the HKSAR (Significant Issues Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892065176 ISBN 13: 9780892065172

Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2008

Editors McGiffert (Smart Power Initiatives, Center for Strategic International Studies) Tang (politics and public administration, U. of Hong Kong) chronicle Hong Kong's continued successes despite a variety of pressures and hardships. British colonial rule of Hong Kong ended in 1997 when sovereignty was transferred and the area was designated a Special Administrative Region under Chinese authority. The story is told from the perspective of 13 American and Hong Kong economists, health and trade officials, scholars, and security professionals. Topics offer a variety of viewpoints on Hong Kong's complex economic and political development, its changing identity, and its equally complex relationship with China. Annotation �2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Carola McGiffert is vice president and director of Smart Power Initiatives at CSIS. James T.H. Tang is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong.

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