China Hong Kong: Neoliberal heaven or neoliberal nightmare? June 3, 2019 2 Written by Priscilla Roberts. Image Credit: Hong Kong 2 – Passerelle by D. Julien/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Neoliberal economists, notably Milton Friedman and Friedrich A.…
Government Xi Jinping’s New Era and Hong Kong’s Declining Autonomy October 26, 2017 1 Written by Stephan Ortmann. During his 3 ½ hour speech at the beginning of the 19th Communist Party Congress, Xi Jinping did not provide anything…
China From ‘Two Systems’ to ‘One Country’: China’s Re-centralization And Hong Kong’s Autonomy June 1, 2017 0 Written by Stephan Ortmann. For twenty years since 1997, Hong Kong has been ruled as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China…
Politics Autonomy in Hong Kong: what ‘autonomy’ means in practice May 30, 2017 1 Written by Damien Kingsbury. Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ is sometimes referred to as constituting Hong Kong’s autonomy from China. This is, in principle,…
Politics Introduction to special issue on Hong Kong Politics May 29, 2017 0 Written by Richard Selwyn. The 1st of July will mark twenty years since the handover of Hong Kong. Economically, politically, and diplomatically, a lot has…
Asia Ethnic autonomy in South Asia: a prelude to secession? March 5, 2014 0 Within South Asia in 2014, the states of Nepal and Burma/Myanmar are currently undergoing constitutional redesign and experiencing demands for recognition of territorially concentrated ethnic…
Hong Kong In Macao, Money Can’t Buy Love January 28, 2014 2 Written by Bill Chou. Macao used to be a better showcase than Hong Kong for demonstrating the success of the “One-Country Two-Systems” policy. In particular,…