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Hong Kong's Twenty–First Century Seen From 1997
Author(s) -
Smart Alan
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/ciso.1997.9.1.97
Subject(s) - china , futures contract , transition (genetics) , political science , economic growth , development economics , business , economics , law , biochemistry , chemistry , finance , gene
During the transition to its new status as a Special Administrative Region of China, the future of Hong Kong was the focus of the world's attention. This paper looks at the futures that were projected at the time of the transition, frequently on the basis of reference to the need to preserve some special key to the successes that the city had accomplished in the past Much of this future is already imminent in the infrastructural projects that are in already in progress, and which are based on expectations about the role of Hong Kong in China and the world. Finally, the essay explores how ordinary citizens have been living the transition. [Hong Kong, China, future, planning, transition]