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'One Country, Two Systems' and Hong Kong-China National Integration: A Crisis-Transformation Perspective.

Authors :
So, AlvinY.
Source :
Journal of Contemporary Asia; Feb2011, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p99-116, 18p
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

This paper examines the historical process of Hong Kong-China national unification through a crisis-transformation framework. This paper argues that the Chinese unification process between Hong Kong and mainland China is not a smooth process. Instead, it has gone through at least four crises during the 1980s and the 1990s. The institution framework for unification - the so-called 'One Country, Two Systems' policy - emerged out of the first crisis of negotiation in the early 1980s, and this policy has been hotly contested and transformed during the various crises over the past three decades. Previous studies on Hong Kong-China unification tends to focus solely on the political and legal aspects. However, this paper shows that unification needs to be symmetrical on all aspects (legal, political, economic and socio-cultural) in order to make it work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00472336
Volume :
41
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Contemporary Asia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
56041448
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2011.530039