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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- The Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Hong Kong's Uneasy Passage to Chinese Sovereignty -- 2. Democracy Derailed: Realpolitik in the Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law, 1985-1990 -- 3. Balancing the Beijing-London-Hong Kong ""Three-Legged Stool,"" 1971-1986 -- 4. Judicial Development of Hong Kong on the Eve of 1 July 1997 -- 5. The Decolonization of Hong Kong Education -- 6. Education in Hong Kong and China: Toward Convergence? -- 7. Hong Kong in an International Migration System

1 July 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's retrocession to Chinese sovereignty to become a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC. The HKSAR has functioned under the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework as enshrined in the Basic Law, its mini-constitution. Upon the resumption of Chinese jurisdiction over Macao on 20 December 1999, a similar 'One Country, Two Systems' formula also came into effect for the new MSAR under its Basic Law. The 'One Country, Two Systems' formula that guarantees a high degree of autonomy in both Hong Kong and Macao is also a cornerstone of the PRC's strategy toward peaceful reunification with Taiwan. To provide a more balanced and informed understanding of these two Chinese SARs in actualizing the 'One Country, Two Systems' model, this special section of four articles adopts a bi-focal approach. On the one hand, it presents in a joint article the views of two leading mainland Chinese legal scholars (Professors Geping Rao and Zhenmin Wang, both National People's Congress Hong Kong Basic Law Committee members) on some vital dimensions of the Basic Law. On the other hand, it offers three articles with a more locally anchored perspective - a comparative analysis (by Professor Sonny Lo) of the contrasting HKSAR and MSAR experiences, and two case studies (by Professors Bruce Kwong and Eilo Yu) that highlight key features of patron-client linkages and informal politics dynamics in HKSAR and MSAR elections and politics. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

The retrocession to Chinese sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997 and Macau in 1999 have been milestones in the PRC's national reunification drive. While these two South China coast enclaves share many similarities under Western colonial rule, their homecoming to China was markedly different in several key dimensions. HK's contested sovereignty and democratization mired Sino-British cooperation over transition matters, except for the British forces-PLA agreements on military sites and advance teams. The more cordial Sino-Portuguese ties masked unsatisfactory localization efforts in Macau, where Beijing's decision to station PLA troops provoked Lisbon's strong objection. The sharpest contrast was between HK's widespread crisis of confidence and Macau's sense of acceptance and relief at the prospect of autonomy under Chinese Communism. (J Contemp China/DÜI)

This essay delineates the three related areas on Hong Kong's labour front, unionisation, labour activism and political participation, which have been transformed by the new China factor of 1997 sovereignty retrocession and economic integration. During the last two decades, the decolonisation‐democratisation processes have rapidly politicised organised labour to such an extent that political unionism displaced social unionism as the hallmark of the Hong Kong labour movement. Yet, under the impact of economic recession and restructuring with high unemployment and wage freeze, the struggle for livelihood concerns may become the bedrock for labour activism in China's Hong Kong into the 21st century.

This essay delineates the three related areas on Hong Kong's labor front, unionization, labor activism, & political participation, which have been transformed by the new China factor of 1997 sovereignty retrocession & economic integration. During the last two decades, the decolonization-democratization processes have rapidly politicized organized labor to such an extent that political unionism displaced social unionism as the hallmark of the Hong Kong labor movement. Yet, under the impact of economic recession & restructuring with high unemployment & wage freeze, the struggle for livelihood concerns may become the bedrock for labor activism in Hong Kong into the 21st century. Adapted from the source document.