The Hong Kong settlement: Effects on Taiwan and prospects for Peking's reunification bid

In: Asian affairs: an American review, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 47-58

Abstract

The author argues that the London-Peking accords in respect of Hongkong brings serious risks and disadvantages to Peking from the standpoint of its reunification scheme concerning Taiwan. He thinks that the doctrine of "one country, two systems" devised by Deng Xiaoping to justify Peking's tolerance of Hongkong's capitalistic system, co-existing alongside China's socialist system, is an offer directed ultimately at Taiwan. Both Taiwan and the PRC share dilemmas with respect to Hongkong. Peking's interest to keep Taiwan's presence in Hongkong. Differences between Taiwan and Hongkong. (DÜI-Sen)