Hong Kong: China's Challenge (Routledge in Asia) - Hardcover

Yahuda, Michael B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415140706 ISBN 13: 9780415140706

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for its international standing. This study analyzes the serious problems and real opportunities that the return of the colony poses to China's international status. Examining the relationships between Greater China, Hong Kong and the West, the work explores the challenges that Chinese policy makers face up to 1997 and beyond: the clash of political cultures, handling problematic negotiations and dealing with conflicting economic interest.

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Review

"Yahuda has produced a succinct, extremely well-informed well-informed, and highly readable volume offering analytical insights into the Hong Kong factor in China's domestic and external prospects."
-"The Journal of Asian Studies
"Yahuda offers us a careful and balanced analysis of why we have good reason for optimism.... the book's tone is scholarly, but it is not pedantic or inacessible. Most importantly, Yahuda's analysis is underwritten by long and sustained research on Hong Kong and Chinese politics, unlike some other scholars whose work on Hong Kong is based on an extremely brief and superficial acquaintance with the territory's politics. In short, for those interested in understanding the politics of Hong Kong's transition, Yahuda's book is highly recommended."
-"Pacific Review

About the Author

Michael Yahuda is Reader in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415140706
• ISBN 13: 9780415140706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184