The Politics of Hong Kong's Reversion to China

by David Wen-wei Chang and Richard Y. Chuang

To effect a successful transition when Hong Kong was reunited with China on July 1, 1997, Britain and China negotiated for years, each claiming to pursue the best interests of Hong Kong but each in reality pursuing its own advantage. However, the passionate Hong Kong response to the Tiananmen Square incident forced the British and the Chinese to realize that the people of Hong Kong would no longer passively accept what another country determined was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312226330
• ISBN13: 9780312226336
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"