Hong Kong redux

There are surprises ahead for both Hong Kong and the China of which it will become a part. This article focuses on how the reversion of Hong Kong will affect the future of politics in both societies. Even though rule by Beijing will change Hong Kong's commercial and political life, China will also be changed by having to deal with the emerging elite of Hong Kong and those persons from the mainland who have been educated in the West. This will not produce democracy in either Hong Kong or China but it will reduce the likelihood that China will become a hegemonic power in East Asia.     

Hong Kong Hero

ON April 14, 2010, an earthquake hit Yushu, Qinghai Province, in western China. Wong Fuk Wing, a volunteer who had come all the way from Hong Kong, died in the rescue effort. He was born in 1964 and for most of his life worked as a container truck driver. He started volunteering before he turned 20, and those who knew him called him the highly auspicious name ＂A Fu.＂     

论香港政党与香港社会的关系

虽然香港政党产生、发展的历史只有约30年时间,但发展迅速,政党主体结构已比较完善,基本适应社会主要阶层利益表达的需要。由于香港社会存在的政治、阶层和官民三大分野,受制于香港社会分化的现状,政党的社会整合能力比较低。因在参选动力及选举热情等方面存在较大差异,香港工商资产阶层、中产阶层和草根阶层等主要社会阶层政治参与极不均衡,劳工等草根阶层是参与选举的主力军,导致香港政党的政治动员主要集中于基层。     

Hong Kong in Photos

正On the midnight of June 30, 1997,China's national flag was slowly hoisted to the top of a pole in a highprofile handover ceremony in Hong Kong, marking its return to the motherland after 156 years of British rule. As a special administrative region of China, Hong Kong has since ushered in a new chapter in development under the principles of one country,twosystemsandHong Kong people ruling HongKongwith a high degree of autonomy.     

Stories of Hong Kong

At midnight of June 30, 1997 the Union Jack and the Hong Kong colonial flag over the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Center were lowered; at zero hour of July 1, the Chinese national flag and HKSAR regional flag were hoisted. Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong, shed tears, saying that night "marked the end of a historical era." Many Hong Kong inhabitants also wept; it was the moment that Hong Kong had awaited for 156 years.Shigekazu Sato, the consul-general of Japan in Hong Kong, recalls how pessimistic the international community was about Hong Kong's future. Many thought that it would lose its dynamism in the process of returning to the motherland. Ten years later, the US Heritage Foundation awarded Hong Kong top spot in its 2007 freedom of trade, freedom of investment, freedom of finance and protection of property rights indexes, and named it number one in its economy freedom index for the 13th successive year.     

Together With Hong Kong

<正>July 1,2017 marked the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China.President Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong from June 29to July 1 to attend celebrations marking the anniversary and the inauguration of the f ifthterm government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(SAR).During the visit,President Xi had extensive and in-depth     

香港在流行中回忆

香港时下流行“集体回忆”。起因是特区政府要拆掉具有50年历史的中环天星码头，学者们口诛笔伐，老百姓扼腕痛惜。媒体日：整座城市陷入了一种“集体回忆”，大家忽然对这座城市的一砖一瓦、一草一木恋恋不舍，以致影响到今年的消费趋势、时尚追求     

Hong Kong Rejoins China

ByGUOZHAOJINCHINAalreadyhaddraftedpoliciesonsolvingtheHongKongquestionbeforeSino-Britishnegotiationsevenstarted.TheyincludedChi-na'srecoveringsovereigntyoverHongKong,implementingtheprinciplesof"onecountrytwosystems"and"HongKongpeo-plegoverningHongKong,"andmaintaining'consistentpoliciesfor5oyears.ThesepointshavebeenincludedintheSino-BritishJointDeclarationandtheBasicLawoftheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegion.NowHongKonghasrejoinedChina,andtheworldiswatchinghowwellChinaupholdsit…     

Sino-British Negotiations on Hong Kong

INthe19thcenturyGreatBritain,usingitsmilitarymight,forcedtheQinggov-ernmenttosignthreeunequaltreatiesandtherebyoccupiedHongKongIslandandKowloonPeninsulasouthofpresent-dayBoundaryStreet,andalsoleasedthepresent-day"NewTerritories"for99years.TheChinesepeoplehavealwaysopposedtheseunequaltreaties.China,SBasicPoliciesonHongKongIthasbeenaconsistentpoli-cyofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC)toopposespeciaIimperialisticprivilegesinChi-naandtorecoverHongKong.HoweveY,theChinesegovern-mentpursue…     

Getting Catty In Hong Kong

正There is a lot to love about Hong Kong.For a city so well known around the world,it is actually an endearingly provincial place once you get to know it.Nightly news headlines range from the latest high-level talks     

The Rebirth of Hong Kong

HENRY Law, executive director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), remembers clearly Western predictions of the "death of Hong Kong" and fears that the mainland had "bitten off more than it could chew" of a decade ago. Hong Kong has undoubtedly experienced a dramatic, yet triumphant, decade. When the Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2006, foreign investors bought more than 90 percent of their shares. "All capital flows into where there is profit. If Hong Kong is doomed, how is it that capital flows in?" Henry Law logically points out, concluding, "The development of Hong Kong over the past decade has changed Western and world mentality."     

Liberal Patriotism in Hong Kong

Since Hong Kong's reunification with the People's Republic of China in 1997, debates about patriotism have erupted from time to time in Hong Kong. Considering Hong Kong's socio-political background, the feelings and attachment of Hongkongers towards their motherland are unsurprisingly complex. We therefore need a multidimensional concept to capture the complexities of Hong Kong patriotism. Based on survey data, we propose that the term ‘liberal patriotism’ best describes the type of patriotism in Hong Kong society, which is that love of the homeland and the state are qualified by liberal democratic values.     

Weighty Matters in Hong Kong

Education is a rocky journey in Hong Kong.Costs are skyrocketing and competition is fierce,as it is on the mainland.But who would have thought that even the issue of schoolbags would be so contentious?News items about how heavy schoolbooks are here,and how to lighten the load for Hong Kong’s students,are matters that everyone in the     

New Highlights for Hong Kong

History is made by people. With con-crete actions and votes, the people of Hong Kong have jointly ushered in a new chapter in the history of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), also known as the Pearl of the Orient.As the votes for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo), who hold different ideas, reli-gious beliefs, occupations and interests, were cast and counted by December 20, a brighter future for Hong Kong is taking shape.     

TheEgyptian Upturn

<正>Cairo’s ambitions in domestic and global affairs are recovering In early 2011,the political situation in Egypt was fraught with seemingly endless turbulence after the Arab Spring rocked the Middle Eastern country.In the following more than two years,it underwent two regime changes,three constitutional amendments,     

An Encouraging Upturn

正Latest indicators show positive results in slowing economic growth declineAe slew of positive economic indicator results in March suggested China’s economic stimulus may be having its desird impact.The manufacturing activity rebounded in March for the first time in nine months,industrial companies’profits grew at     

维护和促进人权与建设和谐世界

建设一个持久和平、共同繁荣的和谐世界,是世界各国人民的共同愿望,也是人类社会进步的必然要求。建设和谐世界需要具备许多必不可少的条件,遵守国际人权法,维护和促进人权即是其中之一。     

Facts and Figures of Hong Kong

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香港地区医疗卫生服务现状与启示

本文概述了香港地区医疗卫生管理体制,分析其医疗卫生服务现状和主要特点,介绍其改革发展趋势,剖析了香港地区在医疗卫生管理、社区卫生服务等方面的做法,同时得出一些值得我国医疗卫生体制改革借鉴的经验和启示.     

赴香港培训和考察报告

通过车用燃气加气站管理人员赴香港培训和考察 ,提高了从业人员的素质 ,并借鉴香港地区燃气加气站建设管理方面的成功经验 ,提出我市今后燃气汽车加气站的管理思路。