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The Political Future of Hong Kong - Democracy within communist China (Paperback)
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The Political Future of Hong Kong - Democracy within communist China (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
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On July 1st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of its
return to the People's Republic of China, but the past decade has
been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central
leaders in China. In fact, in 2003 Beijing had already succumbed to
public pressure within the fairly short period of its rule by
abruptly replacing its handpicked first Chief Executive with a
British-groomed civil servant. This book examines the origin and
evolution of Hong Kong's political system, analyses the current
contradictions in the system, and discusses how the system might
develop in future. It focuses in particular on the office of Chief
Executive in the context of Hong Kong's transformation from a
British colony to a Special Administrative Region in China. The
dualistic structure of the Chief Executive's office embodies a
dilemma between two competing imperatives - Communist China's
imperative to retain a colonial political system where executive
power is concentrated at the top; alongside the need to accommodate
new, increasing demands for democratic representation within the
territory. The Political Future of Hong Kong demonstrates how the
British legacy left its imprint on Hong Kong's political system. It
analyses the strategies adopted by the Sovereign state as it
attempted to cope with demands for representative government in the
post-handover years, and the strains placed on Hong Kong's
political institutions by the uneasy relationship between central
government and local forces of liberal autonomy. Kit Poon examines
the possibility of the introduction of universal suffrage for the
selection of the Chief Executive, and considers how Hong Kong can
secure a democratic future in the context of broader Beijing-Hong
Kong relations.
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