Paperback. This book presents an overview of critical developments surrounding the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. Well-known commentators from a variety of disciplines examine the issues and events in the years leading up to the transfer of sovereignty, and in the eighteen months that followed. Major dilemmas are addressed in the economic, political, legal, social and diplomatic life of the territory, which remain in many cases unresolved and pressing as Hong Kong enters the new century. This book presents an overview of critical developments surrounding the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. Major dilemmas are addressed in the economic, political, legal, social and diplomatic life of the territory, which remain in many cases unresolved and pressing as Hong Kong enters the new century. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Hong Kong in Transition (Paperback)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1349415731
ISBN 13: 9781349415731
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: new

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This book presents an overview of critical developments surrounding the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. Well-known commentators from a variety of disciplines examine the issues and events in the years leading up to the transfer of sovereignty, and in the eighteen months that followed. Major dilemmas are addressed in the economic, political, legal, social and diplomatic life of the territory, which remain in many cases unresolved and pressing as Hong Kong enters the new century.

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BEATRICE LEUNG Lingnan College, Hong Kong LINDA CHELAN LI Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong TEH-CHANG LIN Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei MIGUEL SANTOS NEVES Instituto de Estudos Estrategicos e Internacionais, Lisbon TAK-WING NGO Sinological Institute, University of Leiden YIN QIAN Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University DAVID PETERSEN Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong ELFED VAUGHAN ROBERTS Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong IAN SCOTT Department of Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University JANET SALAFF Department of Sociology, University of Toronto SUSANNE WEIGELIN-SCHWIEDRZIK Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg PETER WESLEY-SMITH Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

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