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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824769503321

Autore

Bush Richard C. <1947->

Titolo

Hong Kong in the shadow of China : living with the Leviathan / / Richard C. Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8157-2813-1

0-8157-2814-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages)

Classificazione

POL005000POL008000

Disciplina

320.95125

Soggetti

Democratization - China - Hong Kong

Business and politics - China - Hong Kong

Political participation - China - Hong Kong

Political culture - China - Hong Kong

Hong Kong (China) Politics and government 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Hong Kong in the Shadow of China explores the recent Hong Kong turmoil, where the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward full democracy and protesters occupied major thoroughfares to insist on full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system-established by China and dominated by the local business community-reinforces the divide been those who have a lot and those who have little., Richard Bush, Director of The Brookings Institution's Center on East Asia Policy Studies, considers what Hong Kong and China must do to ensure both economic competitiveness and good governance, and the implications of Hong Kong developments for United States policy"--