The Future Of Democracy In Hong Kong

Author : Kit Poon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134078295

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The Political Future of Hong Kong by Kit Poon Pdf

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.

Author : United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1511772964

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The Future of Democracy in Hong Kong by United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China Pdf

The People's Republic of China made a promise to the international community and to the people of Hong Kong that they would enjoy certain freedoms and could freely elect their leaders. It is those freedoms and autonomy that have ensured Hong Kong's stability and prosperity. But now the People's Republic of China is backtracking on these promises. The desire of the people of Hong Kong for freedom and for democracy is genuine. The slow erosion of press freedoms and the rule of law, the setbacks to Hong Kong's democratic developments, and Beijing's less than subtle oversight of Hong Kong are the reasons the protests materialized and why they are ongoing. No matter what is said by President Xi Jinping or other Chinese officials, the "Umbrella Movement" was a creation of Beijing's policies and its rough oversight. There is no "Black Hand" of foreign forces behind the protests, only requests for Beijing to live up to its promises and to ensure Hong Kong's unique system of autonomy within China.

Author : United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050683080

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The Future of Democracy in Hong Kong by United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China Pdf

Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429859502

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Democracy Denied by Nicholas Thomas Pdf

Published in 1999, this book is designed to provide the reader with a detailed understanding of Hong Kong’s social and political development. It offers a contemporary, holistic understanding of Hong Kong, which will not only complement existing works but also provide the reader with a solid foundation for understanding future developments in the territory. The book is divided into three sections: Identity, Civil Society and Politics. The first two sections provide a discrete understanding of the issues involved. This analysis is then utilised to explain the particular path of political development Hong Kong experienced in the 1980s and 1990s. Due to the in-depth analysis provided this work will be of use either to academics or to members of the general public seeking to understand the development of Hong Kong.

Author : Ralf Horlemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134434107

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Hong Kong's Transition to Chinese Rule by Ralf Horlemann Pdf

Following the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, it appears that the 'high degree of autonomy' promised to Hong Kong is limited in many ways. China's reservations about the development of democracy in Hong Kong lies at the heart of the problem. The conceptual inadequacies set out in the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, show a correlation between a lack of democracy and a loss of autonomy. This book argues that genuine autonomy from the central government in Beijing is impossible without a democratic system in Hong Kong. Developments since the handover have, however, demonstrated that democratic trends have been halted and even reversed and that democracy is not likely to be established in Hong Kong in the near future.

Author : Richard C. Bush
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815728139

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Hong Kong in the Shadow of China by Richard C. Bush Pdf

A close-up look at the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong. Hong Kong in the Shadow of China is a reflection on the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong during which the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward electoral democracy and hundreds of thousands of protesters occupied major thoroughfares to push for full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system—established by China and dominated by the local business community—reinforces the divide been those who have profited immensely and those who struggle for basics such as housing. Richard Bush, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center on East Asia Policy Studies, takes us inside the demonstrations and the demands of the demonstrators and then pulls back to critically explore what Hong Kong and China must do to ensure both economic competitiveness and good governance and the implications of Hong Kong developments for United States policy.

Author : Ching Kwan Lee,Ming Sing
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501740930

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Take Back Our Future by Ching Kwan Lee,Ming Sing Pdf

In a comprehensive and theoretically novel analysis, Take Back Our Future unveils the causes, processes, and implications of the 2014 seventy-nine-day occupation movement in Hong Kong known as the Umbrella Movement. The essays presented here by a team of experts with deep local knowledge ask: how and why had a world financial center known for its free-wheeling capitalism transformed into a hotbed of mass defiance and civic disobedience? Take Back Our Future argues that the Umbrella Movement was a response to China's internal colonization strategies—political disenfranchisement, economic subsumption, and identity reengineering—in post-handover Hong Kong. The contributors outline how this historic and transformative movement formulated new cultural categories and narratives, fueled the formation and expansion of civil society organizations and networks both for and against the regime, and spurred the regime's turn to repression and structural closure of dissent. Although the Umbrella Movement was fraught with internal tensions, Take Back Our Future demonstrates that the movement politicized a whole generation of people who had no prior experience in politics, fashioned new subjects and identities, and awakened popular consciousness.

Author : Shibani Mahtani,Timothy McLaughlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306830361

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Among the Braves by Shibani Mahtani,Timothy McLaughlin Pdf

In the vein of Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Nothing to Envy, a narrative history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijing's crackdown, through the eyes of those who were there. The multi-million-member protest movement in Hong Kong was actually gaining ground until COVID-19 hit. Then the marches stopped, and Beijing passed a draconian national security law designed not just as an answer to protests but the "problem" of Hong Kong people's fundamental desire for democracy and their own identity. During the pandemic, many protesters were either forced into prison or exile. Referred to in Cantonese as "the braves," these frontline protestors represented a larger movement around the world: a youth movement in which activists saw little hope for their future, so they were willing to risk everything to fight economic, racial, and social inequities, inaction against climate change, and the rise of authoritarianism. Among the Braves tells the story of four activists--three spurred by the current conditions and one who came to prominence after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. They played key roles in Hong Kong's evolution from peaceful marches to a more violent explosion of anger demonstrated on the streets in 2019. When Beijing silenced the city, these people faced a choice between exile and jail. Through the protestors' lives and a supporting cast they came to know through their on-the-ground reporting, authors Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin tell the story of Hong Kong's past, and globally, the outlook for future generations.

Author : Loong Yu Au
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Demonstrations
ISBN : 0745341462

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Hong Kong in Revolt by Loong Yu Au Pdf

"Hong Kong is in turmoil, with a new generation of young and politically active citizens shaking the regime. From the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the defeat of the Extradition Bill and beyond, the protestors' demands have become more radical, and their actions more drastic. Their bravery emboldened the labour movement and launched the first successful political strike in half a century, followed by the broadening of the democratic movement as a whole. But the new generation's aspiration goes far beyond the political. It is a generation that strongly associates itself with a Hong Kong identity, with inclusivity and openness. This book sets the new protest movements within the context of the colonisation, revolution and modernisation of China."

Author : Jennifer Eagleton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781793630858

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Discursive Change in Hong Kong by Jennifer Eagleton Pdf

Discursive Change in Hong Kong: Sociopolitical Dynamics, Metaphor, and One Country, Two Systems is an interdisciplinary study of sociopolitical and discursive change in Hong Kong—a westernized Chinese society once under British rule, now decolonized but without independence, and with a constitution promising universal suffrage sometime in the future. Starting off with interesting and frequently contradictory debates surrounding the discussions on the Handover of Hong Kong to mainland China, Jennifer Eagleton provides a stimulating, politically well-informed, and comprehensive “insider” account of many aspects of the press media and official discourse on democracy and political change in Hong Kong as part of “One Country, Two Systems.” The book shows how historical, cultural, and identity issues have shaped and molded post-1997 political discourse and how the seemingly dramatic changes in the city since 2020 may not have been that surprising for long-term observers of Hong Kong. By going beyond consideration of the purely linguistic dimension of the selected texts to encompass the larger historical and socio-political context, and incorporating textual, discursive, and metaphoric analysis over time, this book provides a detailed examination of Hong Kong political discourse and its constituent themes.

Author : Bruce Gilley
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231502153

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China's Democratic Future by Bruce Gilley Pdf

The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity. This book provides a likely blow-by-blow account of how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and how a new democracy will be born. In more than half a century of rule, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a poor and benighted China into a moderately well-off and increasingly influential nation. Yet the Party has failed to keep pace with change since stepping aside from daily life in the late-1970s. After nearly a hundred years of frustrating attempts to create a workable political system following the overthrow of the last dynasty, the prospects for democracy in China are better than ever, according to Bruce Gilley. Gilley predicts an elite-led transformation rather than a popular-led overthrow. He profiles the key actors and looks at the response of excluded elites, such as the military, as well as interested parties such as Taiwan and Tibet. He explains how democracy in China will be very "Chinese," even as it will also embody fundamental universal liberal features. He deals with competing interests—regional, sectoral, and class—of China's economy and society under democracy, addressing the pressing concerns of world business. Finally he considers the implications for Asia as well as for the United States. The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity. This book provides a likely blow-by-blow account of how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and how a new democracy will be born. In more than half a century of rule, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a poor and benighted China into a moderately well-off and increasingly influential nation. Yet the Party has failed to keep pace with change since stepping aside from daily life in the late-1970s. After nearly a hundred years of frustrating attempts to create a workable political system following the overthrow of the last dynasty, the prospects for democracy in China are better than ever, according to Bruce Gilley. Gilley predicts an elite-led transformation rather than a popular-led overthrow. He profiles the key actors and looks at the response of excluded elites, such as the military, as well as interested parties such as Taiwan and Tibet. He explains how democracy in China will be very "Chinese," even as it will also embody fundamental universal liberal features. He deals with competing interests—regional, sectoral, and class—of China's economy and society under democracy, addressing the pressing concerns of world business. Finally he considers the implications for Asia as well as for the United States.

Author : Peter W Preston
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9781784711290

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The Politics of China–Hong Kong Relations by Peter W Preston Pdf

In 1997 the British state relinquished control of Hong Kong. From that point an established prosperous community was faced with reordering its sense of itself and its links with the wider world around the authority of Beijing. This book traces the political relationship between Hong Kong and China, and sketches a number of possible future scenarios ranging from successful mutual understanding, through to breakdown and the imposition of rule from Beijing. Having lived and worked in East Asia, Peter Preston brings a sympathetic outsider’s eye to the problems of Hong Kong and Beijing relations. He pursues four main issues: the manner of embedding a new political settlement, the business of governing the territory, the issue of democracy, and the likely future of the extant form of life. Students and scholars specialising in comparative politics, and international relations of East Asia will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of use to those addressing political conflict in that part of the world.

Author : Dan Slater,Joseph Wong
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691231075

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From Development to Democracy by Dan Slater,Joseph Wong Pdf

Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia’s record of democratization has been much more uneven, despite the global correlation between development and democracy. Why have some Asian countries become more democratic as they have grown richer, while others—most notably China—haven’t? In From Development to Democracy, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong offer a sweeping and original answer to this crucial question. Slater and Wong demonstrate that Asia defies the conventional expectation that authoritarian regimes concede democratization only as a last resort, during times of weakness. Instead, Asian dictators have pursued democratic reforms as a proactive strategy to revitalize their power from a position of strength. Of central importance is whether authoritarians are confident of victory and stability. In Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan these factors fostered democracy through strength, while democratic experiments in Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar were less successful and more reversible. At the same time, resistance to democratic reforms has proven intractable in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Reconsidering China’s 1989 crackdown, Slater and Wong argue that it was the action of a regime too weak to concede, not too strong to fail, and they explain why China can allow democracy without inviting instability. The result is a comprehensive regional history that offers important new insights about when and how democratic transitions happen—and what the future of Asia might be.

Author : Chris Patten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-16
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 0771069812

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East and West by Chris Patten Pdf

From the last governor of Hong Kong, a controversial, astute, and thought-provoking analysis of the Asian phenomenon and the future of economic and political liberty in China and East Asia in the next century. For Chris Patten, Hong Kong was an extraordinary vantage point from which to view the growing economic and political power of China and East Asia over the last five years. As a free colony of the British Empire and the apex of an economic success story, it benefited from the development of the Chinese economy as surely as it contributed to that economic miracle. In a political move which marked the twilight years of the Empire, Hong Kong was finally handed back to Communist China in June 1997. "East and West is Chris Patten's account of the current Asian phenomenon and an astute analysis of China as a rapidly growing world power. The handover of Hong Kong challenged Britain's liberal conscience. With China looming in the background, it was impossible to build a platform of independence and political democracy as had been constructed in other colonial territories. "East and West focuses on Chris Patten's key disputes with China over questions of democratic election, civil liberties, and Hong Kong's independence; but, more importantly, it examines the larger picture of the Asian value system. Can you have economic change without political change? Can democratic rule guarantee fair play between economic competitors? There can be no doubt that Asia is a potentially formidable competitor to Europe and the United States, but Communist China lies at the heart of Asian development. In his intelligent and thought-provoking book, Chris Patten examines the implications of China'seconomic reforms and sets out the key political agendas for the future - not only for the East, but also for the West.

Author : Zhaojia Liu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041710867

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Democratization, Poverty of Political Leaders, and Political Inefficacy in Hong Kong by Zhaojia Liu Pdf