Absorption into a Leninist polity : a study of the interpretations by the National People's Congress of the Basic Law in post-handover Hong Kong
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
New trends of political participation in Hong Kong
Publication Date
1-1-2014
First Page
35
Last Page
65
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press
Abstract
The late Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Deng Xiaoping made a pledge to Hong Kong, that from the handover of sovereignty, there would be "fifty years unchanged." This was embodied in the formula of "one country, two systems;" Notwithstanding, Hong Kong has experienced remarkable changes in all realms since the handover in 1997. Various perspectives or conceptual frameworks have been suggested by academics to grapple with the dynamics of these changes. The main impetus certainly comes from the central government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, which assumed the sovereignty of Hong Kong after the British withdrawal. More than 15 years after the reversion to the PRC, mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) remain two distinctive societies and polities.' Despite the one country, some have even argued that the tensions between "wo systems'' have been growing.
Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9789629372330
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wong, Y.-c. (2014). Absorption into a Leninist polity: A study of the interpretations by the National People's Congress of the Basic Law in post-handover Hong Kong. In Joseph Y. S. Cheng (Ed.), New trends of political participation in Hong Kong (pp. 35-65). Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press.