Hong Kong the Super Paradox: Life after Return to China FROM THE PUBLISHER
Hong Kong the Super Paradox cuts into the cold reality of postcolonial Hong Kong, which demonstrates a paradoxical normalcy in its internal politics belying all pre1997 prophecies of doom, and offers plausible reasons for the wide discrepancy between expectations and outcome. It reveals that despite earlier contrary rosy expectations about the continuity in its international status, the post1997 Hong Kong has, again paradoxically, encountered difficulties in its external eligibility to act, as in the actual cases examined. On the economic front, the book likewise contrasts the earlier high expectations in some quarters regarding Hong Kong's future after the hand-over and the totally unanticipated economic downturn brought on by the financial turmoil hitting the Asian Pacific region in 19971998.
Author Biography: James C. Hsiung is Professor of Politics at New York University.
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Cuts into the cold reality of post-colonial Hong Kong, which demonstrates a paradoxical normalcy in its internal politics belying all pre-1997 prophecies of doom, and offers plausible reasons for the wide discrepancy between expectations and outcome. Reveals that despite earlier rosy expectations about the continuity of its international status, Hong Kong has encountered difficulties in its external eligibility to act, and discusses the unanticipated economic downturn during 1997-98. The editor teaches politics at New York University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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