Tim Summers is an assistant professor in the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a senior consulting fellow on the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House, based in Hong Kong. He was a British diplomat for 13 years, including five years in Hong Kong (1996–2001).

This readable overview of twenty-first-century Hong Kong by Summers, a former British diplomat and resident commentator in the city, succinctly reviews the major events of globalization that have impacted the city, shaped by its changing relations with China and the rest of the world.

• Preface to the second editionIntroduction1. Hong Kong before 19972. Implementing the handover settlement3. Hong Kong’s economy, globalization and the rise of China4. The Occupy movement and its aftermath5. International dimensions of the Hong Kong SAR6. A year of protest7. Hong Kong’s future

Tim Summers is an assistant professor in the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a senior consulting fellow on the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House, based in Hong Kong. He was a British diplomat for 13 years, including five years in Hong Kong (1996–2001).

This readable overview of twenty-first-century Hong Kong by Summers, a former British diplomat and resident commentator in the city, succinctly reviews the major events of globalization that have impacted the city, shaped by its changing relations with China and the rest of the world.

• Preface to the second editionIntroduction1. Hong Kong before 19972. Implementing the handover settlement3. Hong Kong’s economy, globalization and the rise of China4. The Occupy movement and its aftermath5. International dimensions of the Hong Kong SAR6. A year of protest7. Hong Kong’s future

Tim Summers is an assistant professor in the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a senior consulting fellow on the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House, based in Hong Kong. He was a British diplomat for 13 years, including five years in Hong Kong (1996–2001).

This readable overview of twenty-first-century Hong Kong by Summers, a former British diplomat and resident commentator in the city, succinctly reviews the major events of globalization that have impacted the city, shaped by its changing relations with China and the rest of the world.

• Preface to the second editionIntroduction1. Hong Kong before 19972. Implementing the handover settlement3. Hong Kong’s economy, globalization and the rise of China4. The Occupy movement and its aftermath5. International dimensions of the Hong Kong SAR6. A year of protest7. Hong Kong’s future