One Country, Two Systems in Crisis - Hong Kong's Transformation since the Handover (Hardcover)

In the tumultuous negotiations of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, the United Kingdom willingly signed over Hong Kong's reigns to the People's Republic of China, but with the presupposition that the PRC would faithfully implement the principle of "one country, two systems" for the following fifty years. Yet since the handover in 1997, the PRC has failed to allow Hong Kong a higher degree of autonomy. "One Country, Two Systems" in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention has curtailed Hong Kong's civil liberties; how freedom of speech is at the mercy of the government; and how deception has turned the "Pearl of the Orient" into the rubber stamp of the Chinese Communist Party.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2004
First published:	August 2004
Editors:	Wong Yiu-Chung
Contributors:	Brian Bridges • Albert H.Y. Chen • Anne S.Y. Cheung • Fung Ho-lup • Kenneth Ka-loh Chan • Beatrice K.F. Leung • Anita Y.K. Poon • Ting Wai • Timothy Ka-Ying Wong
Dimensions:	235 x 173 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0492-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > Treaties & other sources of international law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-7391-0492-6
Barcode:	9780739104927

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