Contextualizing Occupy Central In Contemporary Hong Kong
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Author_Xiaojuan Ping
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China
Democracy
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Hong Kong
Mong Kok
Occupy Central
One Country
Pro-Democracy Movement
Protest
Rich
Social Movement
Two Systems
Tycoon
Umbrella Revolution
Universal Suffrage
Wealth
Yellow Ribbon
Product details
- ISBN 9781783267569
- Publication Date: 29 May 2015
- Publisher: Imperial College Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 residents. It is viewed differently by various groups within Hong Kong, including eliciting counter-reactions from an opposing movement.To contextualize the current discussions, the authors have identified three phases of the movement; and included a historical anatomy of Hong Kong's quest to reach an equilibrium between status quo and changes advocated through its social movements. Though the account does not pretend to be comprehensive, it distils the most significant events in each of the three stages of the movement. Centrist, moderate, and conservative views on Occupy Central, as well as the liberal and progressive positions on the movement are discussed and analyzed in the book.
