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Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

The Economic and Political Implications of Reversion
Warren I. Cohen, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Li Zhao, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
August 1997
Unavailable - out of print October 2013
Paperback
9780521627610

    What will the reversion of Hong Kong mean to the people of Hong Kong - and the rest of us - who invest, trade, and shop there? Over the last fifty years Hong Kong has served as a refuge from those who fled communism in China. It became the greatest entrepot and financial center on the Asian mainland. A stunning percentage of the world's trade passed through its magnificent harbor. The focus of this book is on the impact Chinese control is likely to have on the city's role in the international economic system, and how the business community will be affected. Issues of trade and finance, of political economy, and concerns about Chinese respect for the rule of law predominate. The result is a balanced analysis of a sensitive subject: the prospects for Hong Kong's continued success and freedom.

    • Provides a balanced view and up-to-date analysis of topical subject
    • Examines the implications of reversion to China across a wide range of issues - economic, political, trade, military and legal
    • Written by leading experts on Hong Kong and China

    Product details

    August 1997
    Paperback
    9780521627610
    265 pages
    229 × 152 × 14 mm
    0.38kg
    Unavailable - out of print October 2013

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction Warren I. Cohen
    • 1. Hong Kong as an international commercial center Philip Bowring
    • 2. Hong Kong faces 1997: legal and constitutional Issues James V. Feinerman
    • 3. The economic and political integrations of Hong Kong: implications for government-business relations Yasheng Huang
    • 4. Hong Kong and Greater China: an economic perspective Changqi Wu
    • 5. One country, two currencies: monetary relations between Hong Kong and China Edgardo Barandiaran and Tsang Shu-ki
    • 6. Cooking the rice without cooking the goose: the rule of law, the battle over business, and the quest for prosperity in Hong Kong after 1997 Jacques deLisle and Kevin P. Lane
    • 7. Political participation in Hong Kong: trends in the mid-1990s Joseph Y. S. Cheng
    • 8. Strategic and military implications of Hong Kong reversion Ronald Montaperto
    • 9. Hong Kong and China's integration into the international community Michael Yahuda
    • 10. Hong Kong as a problem in China-American relations Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
    • 11. Post-July 1997 challenges Kenneth Lieberthal.
      Contributors
    • Warren I. Cohen, Philip Bowring, James V. Feinerman, Yasheng Huang, Changqi Wu, Edgardo Barandiaran, Tsang Shu-ki, Jacques deLisle, Kevin P. Lane, Joseph Y. S. Cheng, Ronald Montaperto, Michael Yahuda, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Kenneth Lieberthal

    • Editors
    • Warren I. Cohen , University of Maryland, Baltimore
    • Li Zhao , Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC