Introduction – The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: 1997-2017

Abstract

In this survey of the two decades since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, the author chooses to focus on the performance of the economy, Beijing’s policy towards the territory and the development of the pro-democracy movement. These three variables probably have the most important impact on Hong Kong’s political and social stability and its challenges ahead.

Keywords

• Hong Kong
• pro-democracy movement
• political reforms
• localism
• independence
• gap between the rich and poor
• young people