The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal

by Mark Roberti

Book Overview

introduction by Martin Lee, leader of the pro-democracy forces in hong kong Critical acclaim for THE FALL OF HONG KONG "Mark Roberti's The Fall of Hong Kong serves as a useful chronicle of the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471159611
• ISBN13: 9780471159612
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

How China will make a mess of this prosperous, free city.

A must-read for those who want to learn why Hong Kong is Asia's success story today, but may well be a casualty of history after the transfer of sovereignty on 30 June 1997. It is the first book to look at Hong Kong not from the perspective of Britain, the present landlord, or China, the future one -- but instead tells the story from the viewpoint of the 6.3 million people who call Hong Kong home. Instead of the freedom, human rights and democracy promised to Hong Kong people, this book explains why Beijing will make a mess both of the transfer of sovereignty and the fragile free society Hong Kong is today