"One Country, Two Systems" in Crisis

Author :
Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 262
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0739104926
ISBN-13 : 9780739104927
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Book Synopsis "One Country, Two Systems" in Crisis by : Yiu-chung Wong

Download or read book "One Country, Two Systems" in Crisis written by Yiu-chung Wong and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


"One Country, Two Systems" in Crisis Related Books