The seven essays in this collection address some of the critical issues underlying Hong Kong's reintegration with China: the China factor, the local civil service, the rule of law, press freedom, migration, and globalization and nationalization.
The politics of Hong Kong's imperfect transition - dimensions of the China factor; civil service systems in transition - Hong Kong, China, and 1997; the Tiananmen incident, Patten's electoral reforms, and the roots of contested democracy in Hong Kong; legal institutions in transitional Hong Kong; media structure and views of 1997; Hong Kong in transition - globalization versus nationalization. (Part contents)
