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題名 British Policy toward Hong Kong and its Political Reform
作者 SUMMERS, TIM
關鍵詞 Hong Kong; British foreign policy; political reform; universal suffrage
日期 2016-12
上傳時間 4-Dec-2017 17:23:01 (UTC+8)
摘要 Twenty years after the return of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, this paper examines the UK’s policy toward Hong Kong over the last decade, with a particular focus on its approach toward the ongoing and intensifying political and constitutional debates in Hong Kong, which have partial origins in the British colonial legacy. The paper argues that the UK has been attempting a delicate balancing act in relation to Hong Kong between a number of factors: the growing importance of relations with China as a whole, the particular opportunities offered by UK–Hong Kong links, the changing and more contested political landscape in Hong Kong, the occasional intervention of British politics, and the agreements on Hong Kong’s future to which the UK was party in the 1980s. These reflect tensions between pragmatism and idealism, and in conclusion, the paper discusses what the case of Hong Kong says more broadly about the making of British foreign policy.
關聯 Issues & Studies,52(4), 1650013
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251116500132
dc.creator (作者) SUMMERS, TIMen_US
dc.date (日期) 2016-12
dc.date.accessioned 4-Dec-2017 17:23:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 4-Dec-2017 17:23:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 4-Dec-2017 17:23:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/114986-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Twenty years after the return of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, this paper examines the UK’s policy toward Hong Kong over the last decade, with a particular focus on its approach toward the ongoing and intensifying political and constitutional debates in Hong Kong, which have partial origins in the British colonial legacy. The paper argues that the UK has been attempting a delicate balancing act in relation to Hong Kong between a number of factors: the growing importance of relations with China as a whole, the particular opportunities offered by UK–Hong Kong links, the changing and more contested political landscape in Hong Kong, the occasional intervention of British politics, and the agreements on Hong Kong’s future to which the UK was party in the 1980s. These reflect tensions between pragmatism and idealism, and in conclusion, the paper discusses what the case of Hong Kong says more broadly about the making of British foreign policy.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies,52(4), 1650013en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Hong Kong; British foreign policy; political reform; universal suffrageen_US
dc.title (題名) British Policy toward Hong Kong and its Political Reformen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1142/S1013251116500132
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251116500132