Format:
1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:
9780739130360
Content:
'One Country, Two Systems' in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention in Hong Kong after the British handover in 1984 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.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I - THE PRINCIPLE AND ITS PRACTICE -- 1 - "One Country" and "Two Systems": Where Is the Line? -- THE PRINCIPLE OF "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" -- THE IMPLEMENTATION AFTER THE HANDOVER -- CASE 1: LEGISLATOR EMILY LAU'S LAWSUIT AGAINST XINHUA NEWS AGENCY -- CASE 2: THE CASE OF CHEUNG TZE-KEUNG'S ARMS SMUGGLING AND KIDNAPPING -- CASE 3: THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS'S REINTERPRETATION OF RIGHT OF ABODE -- CASE 4: SALLY AW SIAN'S PROSECUTION -- CASE 5: THE RESIGNATION OF CHEUNG MAN-YEE -- CASE 6: THE WANG FENGCHAO INCIDENT -- ANALYSIS OF IMPLICATIONS -- "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" AND FEDERALISM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- II - POLITICAL AND LEGAL CHANGES -- 2 - Taking Stock of "One Country, Two Systems" -- THE PARAMETERS OF "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" -- DEMOCRATIZATION REVERSED -- FRAGILE FREEDOMS -- BENDING THE RULES -- ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD -- NOT "CHINESENESS" BUT LEARNED HELPLESSNESS -- CONCLUSION: RESHAPING "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 3 - The Search for the Rule of Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997-2003 -- A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS?-THE RIGHT OF ABODE SAGA -- CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS AREA: FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS -- EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW: THE DISCRETION NOT TO PROSECUTE -- THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- III - STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONSHIPS -- 4 - The "Right of Abode" Issue: A Test Case of "One Country, Two Systems" -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF IMMIGRATION POLICY IN HONG KONG -- THE BASIC LAW AND THE RIGHT OF ABODE (ROA) -- THE POLICY OF EXCLUSION IN 1997 -- NEW EXCLUSION POLICES: FROM THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO ELIGIBILITY TO BENEFITS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780739129050
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780739129050
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1352207
Author information:
Chen, Hongyi 1957-
