► Analysis Report ten years after Hong Kong’s Handover

Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council.
 June  2007

The article is presentated by the ministery of internal affairs in Taiwan, which deals with the island’s relationship with the mainland. It assesses the past ten years following Hong Kong’s handover and the weakness of the “one country, two systems� concept.

 

â–º Hong Kong: Ten years on and no Improvement in sight

(IHLO) International Trade Union Hong Kong Liaison Office report.
 June 2007

This contribution focuses on the increasing inequality between rich and poor population after the handover, the unsatisfactory progress in working conditions and labour laws, and finally the impact of the slow process towards democratization.

 
â–ºA feasible road to Democracy

CHAN Anson, Hong Kong Journal

January 2007

Anson Chan’s contribution, coming from the former head of Hong Kong’s administration, deals with the slow evolution of Hong Kong’s plans to implement democracy. Her report gives deeper insight into the main reasons of the delays and the population's attitude towards a democratic Hong Kong. She concludes that the end of process towards democracy is still not in sight.

â–º Hong Kong 2007 Chief Executive Election: Comparson and Consequences

CASE William and SO Phoebe, Southern Asia Research Centre.
May 2007

The analysis of the chief executive election in 2007 reveals, as this report concludes, a spreading oligarchy in the domestic politics in Hong Kong and a growing Chinese influence. But it also marks the aspiration of Hong Kong’s population firstly to a democratic evolution and secondly to a greater separation between political and economic power.

► Hong Kong’s return to Chinese Sovereignty: Ten years on

Amnesty International.
June 2007

As anticipated the AI report presents the ten years after the handover from the human rights point of view. It approches among others the liberty of expression, protection of minorities, the independence of law.

 
► Caught in the « one country, two system » quandary: background notes on democratisation in the HK SAR

TOK Sow Keat, China Policy Institute, The University of Nottingham
February 2007
After a brief  description of historical developments in Hong Kong  and in China, this article focuses on the political life in the SAR and especially the tension between Beijing's policies and the aspirations of the Hong Kong population.
 
â–º So far, so good - but no yet good enough

CHING Frank, Hong Kong Journal
2007

Frank Ching addresses the question of the success of the “one country, two systems� policy. Though it is widely accepted as the best model for the SAR and China, for example by the USA or Great Britain,  one should distinguish between the economy and policy objectives. In this respect it would be useful to implement a rating of the ten years after retrosession.
 
â–º Hong Kong : Ten Years After the Handover

MARTIN Michael, CRS Report for Congress
June 2007

Michael Martin's article points out the characteristics of Hong Kong society: its political development, the birth of political parties, the defence of civil liberties and the rule of law, and the development in the fields of economy, society and culture. The analyisis includes a discussion of Hong Kong’s relationship with the USA.

 
► People’s Republic of China – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund
January 2007

The FMI analyse the economy situation in Hong Kong from different perspectives, the main aspects of the financial domestic troubles in the SAR, but also the methods to upgrade the market’s competition. In a last point it focuses on the differences between the economic situation in China and the SAR.