Contextualizing Occupy Central in Contemporary Hong Kong

by Tai Wei Lim and Xiaojuan Ping

In the past 18 years, after the handover of the former British colony Hong Kong to China, Beijing and the Special Administration Region (SAR) have been trying to work out a mutually beneficial relationship based on pragmatism and a focus on economic prosperity. The Occupy Central with Love and Peace in Hong Kong (September to December 2014) movement represents a significant event in Hong Kong's history of public advocacy for change by pro-democracy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783267569
• ISBN13: 9781783267569
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"