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In Struggling for Democracy in Hong Kong: My Story, Cheng leads the reader on a journey across Hong Kong history from 1949 to 2020. Through his eyes, the fight for democracy in a country torn apart by colonization, was grueling, rewarding, and spanned decades upon decades of eloquently executed tête-à-têtes. Joseph Cheng is the very essence of what it means to be a proud Hong Kong citizen. He is a well-recognized political scientist and edu...

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The new leadership team under Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao began to consolidate power and make its mark on China's policy programmes since the autumn of 2002. This volume tries to analyze the new leadership's perceptions of the challenges facing it, how it defines its priorities, and overcomes the resistance of vested interests.

Addresses the uses of Mao in China (PRC) today, with particular reference to the Bo Xilai case. It also provides insights and detail on how and what we know about modern China. Contributing authors, including a number of French scholars, illustrate how Maoism influences and engages in government, the business sector and social life.

Examines the legal foundation of Chinese democracy, middle-class politics, Internet based-democratization debates and pro-democratic mobilizations, civic society activism, the external and international media's input, democracy and China's ethnic minorities, and the relationship between the PRC and the Vatican.

Examines the performance of Donald Tsang's government who served Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Covering a wide range of subjects including political, economic, social, educational and environmental issues, this book examines how critical Tsang's administration was when handling challenges during his term. With fresh perspectives and unique angles of criticism, the authors provide us the clearest look at the government during the Tsang years.

Intends to survey the developments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in various important areas in its first decade (1997-2007). This work aims to critically review past developments, identify the significant issues, and assess the performance of the government and that of the community as a whole.

Provides an overview of significant aspects of the new trends of political participation in Hong Kong. Written by a team of experts who have been astute observers of Hong Kong politics, the book covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from a conventional understanding of political participation (activities of political parties and interest groups) to a more specialised form of participation (relations between government and legislators in pol...

Includes 27 essays that addresses the problems and significant issues facing China in the twenty-first century. This book is suitable for university students and academics interested in contemporary China, and professionals, business executives and entrepreneurs who are involved in China trade and businesses.

Explores the direction of future development of Guangdong at the start of the twenty-first century.

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Since the mid-1990s, the Chinese authorities have gradually come to embrace multilateralism to realize their basic foreign policy objectives in maintaining a peaceful international environment and enhancing China's international status and influence. This embrace is largely based on pragmatic considerations. There is no denial, however, that elements of liberalism and constructivism gradually enter into the considerations of Chinese leaders. T...

Presents research from a group of scholars who have been active in studying multinational teams in a global context. This book focuses on culture and other intra-group factors that affect the effective functioning of multinational teams. It also examines the effect of technology and other external influences on team processes and outcomes.

Deng Xiaoping's death marked the end of an era in contemporary Chinese politics. The first generation revolutionary leaders have gone, and the third generation leaders are genuinely in power. At the same time, economic reforms since 1978 have now reached a plateau, and a new impetus is called for to maintain the momentum of economic growth. Reform of the state enterprises is a good example of the situation.It is therefore an appropriate time t...

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Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to researching subsidiary dynamics and its effective management, with a focus on the role of the headquarters within the context of subsidiaries as members of a differentiated, interdependent network, and the development of subsidiary capabilities and their impact on firm performance.

At the end of the 20th Century, the focus of global attention and concern is on the future relationship between the world's most influential nation and its most populous one. The series of high-level meetings and the exchange of unusually long summit visits that occupied the center of the world stage in the late 1990s reveal that both sides recognize the other's global importance. In the words of President Bill Clinton, "the role China chooses...