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China, Taiwan, and International Sporting Events

Author : Marcus P. Chu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000601541

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China, Taiwan, and International Sporting Events by Marcus P. Chu Pdf

Chu explores the politics behind Taiwanese cities’ pursuit of international sporting events, and the Chinese authorities’ strategic measures in handling the relations with Taiwan since the 1990s. It is assumed that the Chinese authorities constantly oppose Taiwanese cities’ application for, and boycott their subsequent holding of, international sporting events. Doing so would obstruct Taiwan’s capacity to raise its visibility and influence in world society, and defend the One-China principle. In fact, the role of China in Taiwan’s pursuit of international sporting events is not invariably as a fatal obstructer, but sometimes a neutral bystander or even an enthusiastic supporter. Chu examines the reasons behind this phenomenon. Reviewing the 18 Taiwanese bidding attempts and four hosting projects, he argues that China’s inconsistent response is determined by the ups and downs of Cross-Strait political ties. As a result, this book provides insight into the nexus between sports and politics in the context of China-Taiwan rivalry. A must read for scholars, students, and other watchers of Cross-Strait relations.

People's Republic of China-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Author : International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513524627

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People's Republic of China-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Pdf

This 2019 Article IV Consultation with People’s Republic of China—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) discusses that the economy is projected to start recovering next year, but the pace is expected to be gradual and both near- and medium-term risks have increased significantly, including from trade and technology tensions, ongoing social unrest, and structural challenges of insufficient housing supply and high income inequality. Hong Kong SAR is well placed to address both cyclical and structural challenges with its significant buffers thanks to its long history of prudent macroeconomic policies. Given that the fiscal framework permits deficits during economic downturns, government spending should be increased significantly in the areas of social safety nets, education/retraining, and infrastructure to cope with the cyclical downturn and address structural challenges of insufficient housing and high-income inequality. This should be complemented with measures to ensure fiscal sustainability and greater equity.

Hong Kong's 2019-2020 Social Unrest: The Trigger, History And Lessons

Author : Bernard Yeung
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811225628

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Hong Kong's 2019-2020 Social Unrest: The Trigger, History And Lessons by Bernard Yeung Pdf

This book provides an anatomy of Hong Kong's 2019-2020 social unrest, which has significantly damaged its economy and image. A coalition of Opposition to the Communist Party of China (CPC) emerged in Hong Kong after the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident. The Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution which took effect in 1997, defined 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong but inadvertently installed an 'opposition politics' system that the city was unfamiliar with. Fresh out of a colonial system, Hong Kong did not have the socio-ecological system to hold politicians accountable for their policies. For more than two decades, the tug of war between the Opposition and all other politicians has been delivering inconsistent public policies raising the costs of living and income disparity while hollowing out job opportunities. As a result, the younger generations have been immensely hurt. Meanwhile, the Opposition Camp has been promoting the blame narrative that the CPC is chipping away at Hong Kong's democracy and freedom. While the narrative's empirical evidence is weak and its linkage to Hong Kong's economic grievances is absent, the Opposition Camp has fallen captive to the narrative in the sense that its legitimacy is now tied to the narrative.For more than twenty years, rallies built on the blame narrative have profoundly influenced the development of people who grew up after 1997. Furthermore, the year-long unrest has socialised many more to adopt the narrative. The younger generations have been hurt by inconsistent public policies, and on top of that, the blame narrative has robbed them of any coherent social identity; and finally, the unrest has further dimmed their future. Hong Kong is now facing the problem of how to reincorporate a significant portion among its younger generations into mainstream society. This book offers in-depth analyses of the journey, identifies government and societal failures, and suggests long- and short-term policy directions.

The Dynamics of Peaceful and Violent Protests in Hong Kong

Author : Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo,Steven Chung-Fun Hung,Jeff Hai-Chi Loo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811567124

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The Dynamics of Peaceful and Violent Protests in Hong Kong by Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo,Steven Chung-Fun Hung,Jeff Hai-Chi Loo Pdf

This book shows that Hong Kong’s protests from June to December 2019 originated from not only an attempt to extradite a Hong Kong man involved in a Taiwan murder case, but also China’s effort at extraditing corrupt mainlanders who laundered dirty money in the territory. The mixture of peaceful and violent protests was due to the snowballing effect of protestors-police confrontations, the imbalanced way in which police exercised their power, and protestors’ strategies. The protests triggered the national security concerns of Beijing, which mobilized the People’s Armed Police to Shenzhen as a warning rather than sending them openly to Hong Kong to avoid undermining the image of “one country, two systems.” The entire debate raised the concerns of Washington, Taiwan, and foreign governments, heightening Beijing’s sensitivity. After the bill was withdrawn, the anti-extradition movement has become anti-police and anti-mainland, constantly challenging the legitimacy of the Hong Kong government and Beijing. This is a valuable read for China watchers, political scientists and all those interested in the future of East Asia.

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Hong Kong (China) 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264730274

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Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Hong Kong (China) 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request by OECD Pdf

This report contains the 2019 Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request of Hong Kong (China).

The Public Sector in Hong Kong, Second Edition

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789888754038

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The Public Sector in Hong Kong, Second Edition by Ian Scott Pdf

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. In this second edition, Ian Scott explores public sector accountability in terms of Hong Kong’s constitutional framework and the structure, functions, and personnel policies of its civil service system. He examines critical issues facing the administration of the public sector and the formulation and implementation of public policy with particular attention to the political challenges confronting the Hong Kong government over the past decade. A concluding chapter assesses how contested values in a changing political environment have affected the public sector in recent years. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest statistics and research, including Scott’s work in such areas as integrity management, corruption prevention, and policing. This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of public administration and public policy in Hong Kong and more broadly for those who are interested in how a particular jurisdiction deals with common administrative problems such as centralisation, the role of statutory bodies, corruption prevention, and the redress of citizens’ grievances. ‘Professor Ian Scott’s book, The Public Sector in Hong Kong, now in a second much-expanded and up-to-date edition, offers a thorough and rigorous analysis of contemporary governance in Hong Kong, focusing on all the key stakeholders. The book is essential reading for government officials, politicians, journalists, academics, students, and the general public.’ —John P. Burns, The University of Hong Kong ‘The second edition not only updates the development in the public sector of Hong Kong, but also provides an important perspective to help readers understand the contexts that navigate its latest developments. This edition, along with Ian Scott’s earlier work, will be judged by many in the field to be among the best books on Hong Kong politics.’ —Hon S. Chan, City University of Hong Kong

City on Fire

Author : Antony Dapiran
Publisher : Scribe Us
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195035427X

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City on Fire by Antony Dapiran Pdf

A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the front lines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a pro-democracy movement that engulfed the city for months. Protesters fought street battles with police, and the unrest brought the People's Liberation Army to the very doorstep of Hong Kong. Driven primarily by students and youth protesters with their "Be Water!" philosophy, borrowed from hometown hero Bruce Lee, this leaderless, technology-driven protest movement defied a global superpower and changed Hong Kong, perhaps forever. But it also changed China, and challenged China's global standing. In City on Fire, Antony Dapiran provides the first detailed account of the protests, reveals the protesters' unique tactics, explains how the movement fits into the city's long history of dissent, and looks at what the protests will mean for the future of Hong Kong, China, and China's place in the world.

Rebel City: Hong Kong's Year Of Water And Fire

Author : South China Morning Post Team
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811218620

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Rebel City: Hong Kong's Year Of Water And Fire by South China Morning Post Team Pdf

SCMP's reporting team looks back at Hong Kong's most wrenching political crisis since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Anti-extradition bill protests that morphed rapidly into a wider anti-government movement in 2019 left no aspect of the city untouched, from its social compact to its body politic to its open economy. The demonstrations which continued well into 2020 have tested every institution of the city, from the civil service to the police to the courts and even its rail transport operator, and from offices and businesses to universities and schools, and from churches to families and even friends.This book is for anyone seeking to understand not just what Hong Kong has gone through but also the global phenomenon of increasingly leaderless protest movements. Fueled by profound angst about the place of millennial youth in society, widening income inequality, and the speed of digital communications, Hong Kong was in retrospect ripe to be the laboratory for a new-age protest movement, nearly a decade after the Middle East's Arab spring.The essays in the book collectively compose a picture of a society in trauma, bent and broken, but showing signs of an uncanny ability to bounce back. What shape it will be in a few years from now, however, is much harder to predict.Related Link(s)

Living in the Margins in Mainland China, Hong Kong and India

Author : Wing Chung Ho,Florence Padovani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000079289

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Living in the Margins in Mainland China, Hong Kong and India by Wing Chung Ho,Florence Padovani Pdf

With a range of case studies from Asia, this book sheds light on empirical realizations of marginality in a globalized context using first-hand original research. In the late 2000s, the financial crisis witnessed the fragility of high levels of market integration and the vulnerability of globalisation. Since then, the world seems to have entered an epoch of anxiety featuring populism with varying degrees of protectionism and nationalism. What is the nature of this populist mood as a backlash against globalisation? How do people feel about it and act upon it? Why should specific intellectual attention be paid to the increasingly marginalised by the recent macroscopic structural changes? These are the questions addressed by the contributors of this book, illustrated with specific cases from mainland China, Hong Kong and India, all of which have undergone substantial populist or nationalist movements since 2010. A valuable resource for sociologists looking to understand the impacts of globalization, especially those with a particular interest in Asia.

Can Hong Kong Exceptionalism Last? Dilemmas of Governance and Public Administration over Five Decades, 1970s–2020

Author : Anthony B. L. CHEUNG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789629375911

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Can Hong Kong Exceptionalism Last? Dilemmas of Governance and Public Administration over Five Decades, 1970s–2020 by Anthony B. L. CHEUNG Pdf

Hong Kong under British rule was a prime example of exceptionalism in many aspects — economic, political, and even social. It was governed under a colonial structure and yet had enjoyed a large degree of social and economic freedom, as well as fiscal self-sufficiency and autonomy from London. After returning to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has continued to thrive as a relatively resilient city-state still known for efficiency and effectiveness despite tensions and scepticism about its political future. This book carries decades of academic observations and the author’s personal political experience. It reviews and reflects on the past trajectory of governance and administration, identifying strengths and capabilities as well as constraints and vulnerabilities of Hong Kong as a polity and society, while charting its course of ‘exceptionalism’ within a new context and under changing conditions. As this book concludes, the exceptionalism of Hong Kong not only hinges on institutional arrangements and historical inheritance but also on the statecraft of the administration of the day. ********************************************************* “… This is a text for deep reading, reflection, and deliberation.” – Professor LUI Tai-lok Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies, Director of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, Director of the Centre for Greater China Studies, and Former Vice President (Research & Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong “… a gem … whatever your political stand is, you have to admire Professor Cheung’s thorough observations and profound ideas on what made this city tick…” – Mr LAM Woon-kwong Former Secretary for the Civil Service and Secretary for Home Affairs, and Former Convenor of Non-Official Members of the Executive Council (2012–2017) “… a compelling addition to the literature on Hong Kong.” – Professor Darryl S.L. JARVIS Professor and former Head of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Nauru 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264995468

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Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Nauru 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request by OECD Pdf

This report contains the 2019 Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request of Nauru.

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Vanuatu 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264510180

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Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Vanuatu 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request by OECD Pdf

This report contains the 2019 Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request of Vanuatu.

The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China

Author : Natalie Wai Man Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000374872

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The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China by Natalie Wai Man Wong Pdf

The growth of municipal waste is a common challenge found in the urbanised cities of Greater China, but the question of how to manage municipal waste is controversial. Wong examines the politics of managing municipal waste in three cities of Greater China: Guangzhou, Taipei, and Hong Kong. She looks at the controversies that arise from the issue and the consequent politicisation of the various solutions that are adopted. Focusing particularly on the dynamics of policy actors in the three cities, she compares the different political situations in each with the others. This provides a valuable lens through which to explore the larger issue of the political transformation of Environmental Management in the Greater China region. A compelling insight into environmental policymaking in Greater China, for scholars studying the dynamics of Chinese politics.

Hong Kong Constitutionalism

Author : Richard Cullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429842900

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Hong Kong Constitutionalism by Richard Cullen Pdf

Hong Kong is widely regarded as an exemplar of authoritarian jurisdictions with a positive history of adhering to Rule of Law–shaped governance systems. British Hong Kong provides a remarkable story of the effective development and consolidation of such a system, which has continued to apply since 1997, when it became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This book adopts a fresh approach in examining the evolution of Hong Kong’s political-legal experience. It establishes that these prominent governance achievements were built on particular British constitutional foundations forged over many centuries. The work shows how the analysis of the British theorist Albert Dicey and, in particular, “Diceyan Constitutionalism” was fundamental, within the pivotal context of “Chinese Familism”, in shaping the development of governance institutions and operational procedures within the new British Colony. It discusses how Hong Kong’s system of Authoritarian Legality has come to pass. Exploring the essence of that system, the study probes how thoroughly it has been stress-tested, not least in 2019, and how well it may be placed to cope with tests yet to come. It also analyzes Hong Kong–Beijing relations and the long-term prospects for the HKSAR within the PRC based on a balanced contemporary assessment of China’s exceptional One Party State.

Making Hong Kong China

Author : Michael Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1952636132

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Making Hong Kong China by Michael Davis Pdf

How can one of the world's most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global center of culture and finance into a subject of authoritarian control?As Beijing's anxious interference has grown, the "one country, two systems" model China promised Hong Kong has slowly drained away in the yearssince the 1997 handover. As "one country" seemed set to gobble up "two systems," the people of Hong Kong riveted the world's attention in 2019 by defiantly demanding the autonomy, rule of law and basic freedoms they were promised. In 2020, the new National Security Law imposed by Beijing aimed to snuff out such resistance. Will the Hong Kong so deeply held in the people's identity and the world's imagination be lost? Professor Michael Davis, who has taught human rights and constitutional law in this city for over three decades, and has been one of its closest observers, takes us on this constitutional journey.