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Book SynopsisIn 1997, Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China under the “one country, two systems” framework. In this new edition, Tim Summers brings his analysis of the politics of Hong Kong fully up to date and discusses the ramifications for the city of the mass demonstrations of 2019–20 and the city’s intensifying confrontational politics that have culminated in China’s new national security law for Hong Kong.
In the process, Hong Kong has lost the sweet spot it occupied for four decades in a world of intensifying economic globalization and decent US–China relations, all the more so after Covid-19. Instead it finds itself at the frontline of US–China strategic rivalry. Summers explores how the city’s future will be shaped by the interaction of these global tensions with Hong Kong’s polarized local politics and its relationship with Beijing.
Trade ReviewThis readable overview of twenty-first-century Hong Kong by Summers, a former British diplomat and resident commentator in the city, succinctly reviews the major events of globalization that have impacted the city, shaped by its changing relations with China and the rest of the world.
-- Choice
A comprehensive guide for those interested in a changing Hong Kong and the wider set of political and economic developments in China and the rest of the world… convincingly spells out the situation in Hong Kong from the handover to mid-2020 and attempts to go beyond the dominant “Beijing vis-à-vis Hong Kong” framework in Hong Kong studies.
-- China Perspectives
Summers's work provides a ground-breaking re-assessment of modern Hong Kong, from an observer with decades of experience in the region.
-- Biblio-Fiend
Table of ContentsPreface to the second editionIntroduction1. Hong Kong before 1997
2. Implementing the handover settlement3. Hong Kong’s economy, globalization and the rise of China4. The Occupy movement and its aftermath5. International dimensions of the Hong Kong SAR6. A year of protest7. Hong Kong’s future
