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Author:
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Publisher:
Columbia Global Reports
Date:
February 11, 2020
A longtime observer of Hong Kong protest movements argues that the autonomy of the region is being eroded by Beijing authorityânot gradually and probably irreparably.
What The Reviewers Say
The slim volume, part of the Columbia Global Reports imprint, offers a concise overview of the city’s troubled past, tracing the current unrest back to a flawed political makeup with its roots in British rule.
Mr. Wasserstrom, a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, offers a vivid narrative of Hong Kong 'on the brink.' He is perhaps strongest when he puts the protests into historical context. Beyond making the standard comparisons to Tibet and the struggles of the Uighurs in Xinjiang, he hears in Hong Kong’s current conflict echoes of events in China over the past century.
In this well-organized, strikingly relevant work, Wasserstrom...argues that the designation of Hong Kong by China and Britain in the handover of 1997 as a Special Administrative Region enjoying 'a high degree of autonomy' is being threatened.
