Studying Hong Kong: 20 Years Of Political, Economic And Social Developments (Hardcover)

This book captures the essence of Hong Kong's development in the past two decades from 1997 to 2017. It is broken into four parts - economics, society, politics and culture.Hong Kong's role remains as a gateway for global trading houses, businessmen, investors and traders. Hong Kong continues to be an open economy and has stuck to free trade policies, as one of the former four successful 'tiger economies' in East Asia. In the political and international relations realm, this book examines Hong Kong's relations with China, other major powers and the world at large. It also covers domestic developments, including legal developments. Other chapters in the book examine cultural developments in Hong Kong from specific case studies of iconic animation character to trans-boundary popularity of Hong Kong popular culture in China.With contributions from Alvin CAMBA, Henry CHAN, Yoshihisa GODO, Wing Lok HUNG, Sean KING, Tuan Yuen KONG, Tai Wei LIM, Carol MA, Samantha MA, Parama SINHA PALIT, Zhengqi PAN, SIM Japanese Culture and Gaming Society, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Ghim Yeow TAN, Katherine TSENG, Elim WONG, Kai Keat YEO and Chun Wang YEUNG, this book provides a snapshot of Hong Kong in the past twenty years and is a fascinating read.

General

Imprint:	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	May 2018
Editors:	Tai-Wei Lim • Tuan Yuen Kong
Dimensions:	158 x 235 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-981-3223-54-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
LSN:	981-3223-54-5
Barcode:	9789813223547

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