LINGNAN UNIVERSITY Department of Political Science POL3214 Government and Politics of Course Schedule and Reading List 2nd Term 2017-18

Instructor: Li Pang-kwong (李彭廣), Ph.D. Office: Room 315, 3/F, Dorothy Y. L. Wong Building Office Hour: Wednesday: 15:30-17:20; Thursday: 12:30-13:20 & 15:30-16:20 Phone: 2616-7186 E-mail: [email protected]

Course Description: This course is an introductory course on the basic political institutions and the evolving political system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The fundamentals of the Basic Law and its impacts on the political life of the HKSAR will be examined. This course will also explore the behavioural and cultural aspects of Hong Kong politics, such as the changing political culture and pattern of political participation, and the problems that the HKSAR government encounters.

Aims: It aims to provide students with: 1. a basic knowledge of the operation and the dynamic evolution of the political system of the HKSAR; and 2. an understanding of the uniqueness and issues of the governance of Hong Kong.

Learning Outcomes: After completion of this course, students will be able: 1. to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the political system of Hong Kong; 2. to account for the dynamics of the party and electoral markets developed since the 1980s; 3. to articulate views on the fundamental political and governing problems that the HKSAR encountered; and 4. to comprehend the trend of political developments and institutional changes ahead.

Assessments: Students will be assessed in the following three ways: 1. tutorial performance (25%): presentation, 12%; comments, 8%; and participation, 5%; 2. individual/group term paper (15%); and 3. written examination (60%).

Academic Integrity: Students shall be aware of the University regulations about dishonest practice in course work and the possible consequences as stipulated in the Regulations Governing University Examinations.

Indicative Schedule & Readings

18 January 2018

Housekeeping week

25 January & 1 February 2018

I. Introduction: Hong Kong in Historical Perspective a. Birth of the British colony b. The creation of a minimal state c. China’s repossession of Hong Kong

李後，1997 年。《回歸的歷程》。香港：三聯書店。 杜葉錫恩（隋麗君譯），2004年。《我眼中的殖民時代香港》。香港：香港文匯出版社。 金堯如，1998 年。《中共香港政策秘聞實錄》。香港：田園書屋。 *許家屯，1993年。《許家屯香港回憶錄》。香港：香港聯合報有限公司。 陳佐洱，2012年。《我親歷的香港回歸談判》。香港：香港鳳凰書品文化出版有限公司。(Chen Zuo'er. 2013. The Last 1,208 Days and Nights: Negotiations on the . Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.) 黃文放，1997年。《中國對香港恢復行使主權的決策歷程與執行》。香港：香港浸會大學林思齊東西 學術交流研究所。

1 Chan, Wai-kwan. 1991. The Making of Hong Kong Society: Three Studies of Class Formation in Early Hong Kong. Oxford: Clarendon. *Chan, Kai-cheung. 1993. “History.” In Choi Po-king and Ho Lok-sang, eds. The Other Hong Kong Report 1993, pp. 455-83. *Cheung, Siu-Keung. 2014. “Reunification through Water and Food: The Other Battle for Lives and Bodies in China’s Hong Kong Policy.” China Quarterly 220: 1012-1032. Cottrell, Robert. 1993. The End of Hong Kong: The Secret Diplomacy of Imperial Retreat. London: John Murray. *Endacott, G.B. 1964. Government and People in Hong Kong, 1841-1962: A Constitutional History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Hook, 1997. “From Repossession to Retrocession: British Policy towards Hong Kong 1945-1997.” In Li, Political Order and Power Transition in Hong Kong, pp. 1-29. Lethbridge, H.J. 1978. Hong Kong: Stability and Change. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Miners, Norman. 1987. Hong Kong under Imperial Rule, 1912-1941. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Mark, Chi-kwan. 2017. The Everyday : Britain and China, 1950-1972. London: Bloomsbury. Preston, Peter W. 2016. The Politics of China-Hong Kong Relations: Living with Distant Masters (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), chap. 2. *Sutton, Christopher. 2017. Britain’s Cold War in Cyprus and Hong Kong: A Conflict of Empires (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan), chaps 7 & 11. Tok, Sow Keat. 2013. Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Tsai, Jung-fang. 1993. Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913. New York: Columbia University Press. Wesley-Smith, Peter. 1980. Unequal Treaty 1898-1997: China, Great Britain and Hong Kong’s New Territories. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. Yahuda, Michael. 1993. “Dilemmas and Problems in the Sino-British Negotiations over Hong Kong.” The Pacific Review 6 (4):375-80. Yahuda, Michael. 1996. Hong Kong: China’s Challenge. London & New York: Routledge.

8 & 22 February 2018 (15 February: Chinese New Year Holiday)

II. Political System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region a. The Basic Law – the framework of post-1997 governance b. “Executive-led” government? c. Accountability System for Principal Officials d. Local administration and its developments

*李彭廣，2008年。「從『共識政治』到『否決政治』：香港行政立法關係的質變」，《香港社會科 學學報》第34期，頁27-55。 李彭廣，2012年。《管治香港：英國解密檔案的啟示》。香港：牛津大學出版社。 *蕭蔚雲，2003年。《論香港基本法》(北京：北京大學出版社)，頁39-43, 73-157, 829-834。 *Burns, John. 2004. Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 3 & 5. Cheung, Chor-yung. 2009. Public Service Neutrality in Hong Kong: Problems and Prospects.” Australian Journal of Public Administration 68 (S1): S17-S26. Cheung, Chor-yung. 2011. “How Political Accountability Undermines Public Service Ethics: the Case of Hong Kong.” Journal of Contemporary China 20 (70): 499-515. *Constitutional Affairs Bureau, HKSAR. 2002. Accountability System for Principal Officials. (http://www.info.gov.hk/cab/topical/index6.htm). Harris, Peter. 1988. Hong Kong: A Study in Bureaucracy and Politics (Hong Kong: MacMillan), chaps. 3 & 6. *Information Office of the State Council, the People's Republic of China. 2014. The practice of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. *Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui and Wilson Wong, eds. 2012. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics. Expanded Second Edition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 1-6. Lo, Pui Yin. 2014. The Judicial Construction of Hong Kong's Basic Law: Courts, Politics and Society after 1997. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

2 Fong, Brian C. H. and Tai-Lok Lui, eds. 2018. Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover: Emerging Social and Institutional Fractures After 1997 (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan), chaps. 2-3. *Miners, Norman J. 1998. The Government and Politics of Hong Kong. 5th ed., with post-handover update by James T.H. Tang (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 5-12.

1 & 8 March 2018

III. Power and Policy-making Process a. The nature of the Hong Kong state b. Beijing’s role in the politics of Hong Kong c. Changing role of the senior bureaucrats d. Privileged position of business and professional interests e. Emergence of civic society

*Burns, John. 2004. Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chap. 4. Cheek-Milby, Kathleen. 1989. “The Civil Servant as Politician: The Role of the Official Member of the Legislative Council.” In Cheek-Milby, Kathleen and Miron Mushkat, eds. 1989. Hong Kong: the Challenge of Transformation (Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, ). Cheung, Anthony B. L. and Paul C. W. Wong. 2004. “Who Advised the Hong Kong Government? The Politics of Adsorption before and after 1997.” Asian Survey 44 (6): 874-94. Chiu, Stephen Wing-kai & Siu-lun Wong, eds. 2012. Repositioning the Hong Kong Government: Social Foundations and Political Challenges (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chap. 3. *Davies, S.N.G. 1977. “One Brand of Politics Rekindled.” Hong Kong Law Journal 7: 44-80. *Fong, Brain C. H. 2014. Hong Kong’s Governance under Chinese Sovereignty: The Failure of the State- Business Alliance after 1997. Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY; Routledge. *Goodstadt, Leo F. 2005. Uneasy Partners: The Conflict between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Harris, Peter. 1988. Hong Kong: A Study in Bureaucracy and Politics (Hong Kong: MacMillan), chaps. 4-5. *King, Ambrose Y.C. 1975. “The Administrative Absorption of Politics in Hong Kong: Emphasis on the Grass Roots Level.” Asia Survey 15:422-39. *Lau, Siu-kai. 1982. Society and Politics in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press), chaps. 2 & 6. Lethbridge, H.J. 1978. Hong Kong: Stability and Change (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 3-5. Leung, Benjamin K.P. 1990. “Power and Politics: A Critical Analysis.” In Benjamin K. P. Leung, ed. Social Issues in Hong Kong, pp. 13-42. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Loh, Christine. 2010. Underground Front: the in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Loh, Cristine and Civic Exchange, eds. 2006. Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 1-2 & 7-9. Lo, Sonny Shiu-hing. 2008. The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: A Model for Taiwan? Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. *Preston, Peter W. 2016. The Politics of China-Hong Kong Relations: Living with Distant Masters (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), chap. 3. So, Bennis Wai Yip & Yuang-kuang Kao, eds. 2014. The Changing Policy-making Process in Greater China: Case Research from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY: Routledge. Tam, Waikeung. 2013. Legal Mobilization under Authoritarianism: The Case of Post-Colonial Hong Kong. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. *Tsang, Steve Yui-sang. 2007. Governing Hong Kong: Administrative Officers from the Nineteenth Century to the Handover to China, 1862-1997. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

3 15 & 22 March 2018

IV. Political Reforms in Hong Kong a. The Young Plan b. The City District Officer Scheme c. The development of representative government d. Patten Proposals e. Post-1997 reform initiatives

Chan, Joseph and Elaine Chan. 2006. “Perceptions of Universal Suffrage and Functional Representation in Hong Kong: A Confused Public?” Asian Survey 46 (2): 257-274. *Cheek-Milby, Kathleen. 1995. A Legislature Comes of Age: Hong Kong’s Search for Influence and Identity. (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 2-4. Cheung, Anthony Bing-leung and Louie Kin-sheun. 1991. Social Conflicts in Hong Kong, 1975-1986: Trends and Implications. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Davies, Stephen N. G. 1989. “The Changing Nature of Representation in Hong Kong Politics.” In Cheek- Milby & Mushkat, Hong Kong: the Challenge of Transformation, pp. 36-76. Hook, Brian. 1983. “The Government of Hong Kong: Change Within Tradition.” China Quarterly 95: 491- 511. Hook, Brian. 1993. “Political Change in Hong Kong.” China Quarterly 136: 840-863. Lau, Siu-kai and Wan Po-san. 1997. Social Conflicts in Hong Kong 1987-1995. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Loh, Cristine and Civic Exchange, eds. 2006. Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. *Miners, Norman. 1994. “The Transformation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council 1970-1994: From Consensus to Confrontation.” Asian Journal of Public Administration 16 (2): 224-248. *Scott, Ian. 1989. Political Change and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 3-4 & 6. Sum, Ngai-ling. 1995. “More than a ‘War of Words’: Identity, Politics and the Struggle for Dominance during the Recent ‘Political Reform’ Period in Hong Kong.” Economy and Society 24 (1): 67-100. *Tsang, Steve Yui-sang. 1988. Democracy Shelved: Great Britain, China, and Attempts at Constitutional Reform. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Young, Simon N. M. & Richard Cullen. 2010. Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

29 March & 12 April 2018

V. Political Culture, Participation and Political Changes in Hong Kong a. Sources of political stability b. Consensus politics and consultative system c. Emergence of interest group politics d. Extension of franchise and electoral politics e. The development of party politics

*李彭廣，2008年。「從『共識政治』到『否決政治』：香港行政立法關係的質變」，《香港社會科 學學報》第34期，頁27-55。 馬嶽、蔡子強，2003年。《選舉制度的政治效果：港式比例代表制的經驗》。 香港：香港城市大學 出版社。 *Cai, Yongshun. 2017. The Occupy Movement in Hong Kong: Sustaining Decentralized Protest. London & New York: Routledge. Degolyer, Michael E. and Janet Lee Scott. 1996. “The Myth of Political Apathy in Hong Kong.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 547: 68-78. *Hoadley, J. Stephen. 1970. “Hong Kong is the Lifeboat: Notes on Political Culture and Socialization.” Journal of Oriental Studies 8:206-18. Kwok, Rowena Y. F. 2006. “Functional Representation in Hong Kong's Legislature: Voting Patterns and Political Implications.” Asian Survey 46 (3): 401-416.

4 Kwok, Rowena, Joan Leung and Ian Scott, eds. 1992. Votes Without Power: The Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections 1991. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Kwong Kam-kwan, Bruce. 2010. Patron-client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong. London and New York: Routledge. Kuan, Hsin-chi, Lau Siu-kai, Louie Kin-shuen and Wong Kai-ying, eds. 1996. The 1995 Legislative Council Elections in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Kuan, Hsin-chi, Lau Siu-kai, Louie Kin-shuen and Timothy Wong Kai-ying, eds., 1999. Power Transfer and Electoral Politics: The First Legislative Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. Lam, Wai-man. 2004. Understanding the Political Culture of Hong Kong: The Paradox of Activism and Depoliticization. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. *Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui and Wilson Wong, eds. 2012. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics. Expanded Second Edition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 7-11. Lau, Siu-kai. 1982. Society and Politics in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press), chaps. 3-6. *Lau, Siu-kai. 1990. Decolonization Without Independence and the Poverty of Political Leaders in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Lau, Siu-kai. 1998. “The Eclipse of Politics in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.” Asian Affairs 25:1, pp. 38-46. Lau, Siu-kai and Kuan Hsin-chi. 2002. “Hong Kong’s Stunted Political Party System.” China Quarterly 172: 1010-28. Lau, Siu-kai and Louie Kin-sheun, eds. 1993. Hong Kong Tried Democracy: The 1991 Elections in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University Press. Li, Pang-kwong. 2000. Hong Kong from Britain to China: Political Cleavages, Electoral Dynamics and Institutional Changes (Aldershot & Brookfield: Ashgate), chaps. 5-6. Li, Pang-kwong. 1996. “1995 Legislative Council Direct Election: A Political Cleavage Approach.” In Kuan, Lau, Louie & Wong, eds. The 1995 Legislative Council Elections in Hong Kong, pp. 245-273. Li, Pang-kwong, ed. 1997. Political Order and Power Transition in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press), chaps. 2-7. Lo, Shiu-hing. 1996. “Political Parties in a Democratizing Polity: The Role of the ‘Pro-China’ Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.” Asian Journal of Political Science 4 (1):98-129. Lo, Shiu-hing and Yu Wing-yat. 2001. “The Politics of Electoral Reform in Hong Kong.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 39(2): 98-123. Loh, Cristine and Civic Exchange, eds. 2006. Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 3-6. Ma, Ngok. 2007. Political Development in Hong Kong: State, Political Society, and Civil Society. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. *Miners, Norman J. 1998. The Government and Politics of Hong Kong. 5th ed., with post-handover update by James T.H. Tang (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 13-15. *Preston, Peter W. 2016. The Politics of China-Hong Kong Relations: Living with Distant Masters (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), chap. 4. So, Alvin Y. 1999. Hong Kong's Embattled Democracy: A Societal Analysis. Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press. Wong, Thomas W.P. and Tai-lok Lui. 1992. From One Brand of Politics to One Brand of Political Culture. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

19 & 26 April 2018

VI. The Post-1997 Political Changes a. Identity crisis and China-Hong Kong Relations b. Institutional failure and governance crisis c. Democratization

李彭廣，2008年。「從『共識政治』到『否決政治』：香港行政立法關係的質變」，《香港社會科學 學報》第34期，頁27-55。 *李彭廣，2012年。《管治香港：英國解密檔案的啟示》。香港：牛津大學出版社。 馬嶽，2010年。《香港政治發展歷程與核心課題》。香港：香港中文大學香港亞太研究所。 *強世功，2008年。《中國香港：文化與政治的視野》。香港：牛津大學出版社。 5 *梁繼平等，2014年。《香港民族論》。香港：香港大學學生會。 陳冠中，2012年。《中國天朝主義與香港》。香港：牛津大學出版社。 *劉兆佳，2012年。《回歸十五年以來香港特區管治及新政權建設》。香港：商務印書館。 Boniface, Dexter S. and Ilan Alon. 2010. “Is Hong Kong Democratizing?” Asian Survey 50 (4): 786-807. Chan Lau, Kit-ching. 1990. China, Britain and Hong Kong, 1895-1945. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. *Cheng, Edmund W. 2016. “Street Politics in a Hybrid Regime: The Diffusion of Political Activism in Post- colonial Hong Kong.” China Quarterly 226: 383-406. Flowerdew, John. 2012. Critical Discourse Analysis in Historiography: The Case of Hong Kong’s Evolving Political Identity. Basingstoke, Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. *Goodstadt, Leo F. 2000. “China and the Selection of Hong Kong's Post-Colonial Political Elite.” China Quarterly 163: 721-741. Ho, Wai-chung. 2000. “The Political Meaning of Hong Kong Popular Music: A Review of Sociopolitical Relations between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China since the 1980s.” Popular Music 19 (3): 341-353. Ip, Iam-chong. 2015. “Politics of Belonging: A Study of the Campaign against Mainland Visitors in Hong Kong.” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 16 (3): 410-421. Lee, Eliza W.Y., Elaine Y.M. Chan, Joseph C.W. Chan, Peter T.Y. Cheung, Lam Wai Fung and Lam Wai- man. 2013. Public Policymaking in Hong Kong: Civic Engagement and State-Society Relations in a Semi- Democracy. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Lui, Tai-lok & Stephen Wing-kai Chiu. 2012. “Governance Crisis and Changing State-Business Relations: A Political Economy Perspective.” In Chiu, Stephen Wing-kai & Siu-lun Wong, eds. 2012. Repositioning the Hong Kong Government: Social Foundations and Political Challenges (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chap. 4. *Ku, Agnes Shuk-mei. 2009. “Contradictions in the Development of Citizenship in Hong Kong: Governance without Democracy.” Asian Survey 49 (3): 505-527. Kuan, Hsin-chi. 1991. “Power Dependence and Democratic Transition: The Case of Hong Kong.” China Quarterly 128:774-793. Kuan, Hsin-chi and Lau Siu-kai. 1995. “The Partial Vision of Democracy in Hong Kong: A Survey of Popular Opinion.” China Journal 34:239-64. Lau, Siu-kai, ed. 2002. The First Tung Chee-hwa Administration: The First Five Years of the HKSAR. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press. *Lee, Eliza W. Y. 1999. “Governing Post-Colonial Hong Kong: Institutional Incongruity, Governance Crisis, and Authoritarianism.” Asian Survey 39 (6): 940-59. Lee, Francis L. F. & Joseph M. Chan. 2007. Taking Both Sides into Consideration: Ambivalence in Public Opinion on Political Reform in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. *Li, Pang-kwong. 1997. “Executive and Legislature: Institutional Design, Electoral Dynamics and the Management of Conflicts in the Hong Kong Transition”. In Li Pang-kwong, ed. Political Order and Power Transition in Hong Kong, pp. 53-78. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press. *Lo, Sonny Shiu-hing. 2010. Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong vs. Beijing on Democracy. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. Ma, Ngok. 2011. “Value Changes and Legitimacy Crisis in Post-industrial Hong Kong.” Asian Survey 51 (4): 683-712. Ma, Ngok. 2011. “Hong Kong’s Democrats Divide.” Journal of Democracy 22(1): 54-67. Scott, Ian. 1989. Political Change and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chap. 5. *Scott, Ian. 2000. “The Disarticulation of Hong Kong’s Post-Handover Political System.” China Journal, 43: 29-53. Sing, Ming. 2004. Hong Kong's Tortuous Democratization: A Comparative Analysis. London & New York: RoutledgeCurzon. Sing, Ming, ed. 2009. Politics and Government in Hong Kong: Crisis under Chinese Sovereignty. London and New York: Routledge. So, Alvin Y. 2011. “‘One Country, Two Systems’ and Hong Kong-China National Integration: A Crisis- Transformation Perspective.” Journal of Contemporary Asia 41 (1): 99-116. *So, Alvin Y. 2000. Hong Kong’s Problematic Democratic Transition: Power Dependency or Business Hegemony?” Journal of Asian Studies 59 (2): 359-81; also reprinted in Sing, Hong Kong Government and Politics, pp.466-99.

6 Wan Po-san & Timothy Wong Ka-ying. 2005. Social Conflicts in Hong Kong, 1996-2002. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. *Wong, Kevin Tze-wai, Victor Zheng, and Po-san Wan. 2016. “The Impact of Cross-Border Integration with Mainland China on Hong Kong’s Local Politics: The Individual Visit Scheme as a Double-Edged Sword for Political Trust in Hong Kong.” China Quarterly 228: 1081-1104. Wong, Yiu-chung, ed. 2004. “One Country, Two Systems” in Crisis: Hong Kong’s Transformation since the Handover. Lanham: Lexington. *Yew, Chiew Ping, and Kwong Kin-Ming. 2014. “Hong Kong Identity on the Rise.” Asian Survey 54, 6: 1088-1112. Zheng, Yongnian and Yew Chiew Ping. 2013. Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule: Economic Integration and Political Gridlock. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Company.

Rubric for Assessments:

Assessments Excellent Good Fair Fail

Excellent Good understanding Adequate Inadequate understanding of key of key concepts, understanding of key understanding of key Presentation concepts, excellent good analysis, and concepts, fair concepts, poor analysis, and fluent clear presentation analysis, and less analysis, and poor presentation clear presentation presentation

15% 12-15 marks 8-11 marks 4-7 marks 0-3 marks All inadequacies of Most of the Some inadequacies A few inadequacies the Presentation inadequacies of the of the Presentation of the Presentation identified with Presentation identified with fair identified with poor Comments excellent identified with good supplementary supplementary supplementary supplementary

6% 6 marks 4-5 marks 2-3 marks 0-1 marks Active participation Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor participation in in group discussion participation in group participation in group group discussion Participation discussion discussion

4% 4 marks 3 marks 2 marks 0-1 marks Comprehensive Adequate knowledge, Reasonable incomplete knowledge, well developed knowledge, attempt knowledge, limited arguments presented arguments, and good at argument, argument, and poor are sophisticated, presentation and adequate presentation bibliography Term Paper and excellent appropriate and a bibliography presentation and bibliography extensive bibliography

15% 12-15 marks 8-11 marks 4-7 marks 0-3 marks All issues identified Some issues Not many issues Very few issues in each question identified in each identified in each identified in each Written attempted and question attempted question attempted question attempted Examination excellent answers and good answers and fair answers and poor answers provided provided provided provided

60% 46-60 marks 31-45 marks 16-30 marks 0-15 marks

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Important Notes:

1. Students are expected to spend a total of 9 hours (i.e. 3 hours of class contact and 6 hours of personal study) per week to achieve the course learning outcomes.

2. Students shall be aware of the University regulations about dishonest practice in course work, tests and examinations, and the possible consequences as stipulated in the Regulations Governing University Examinations. In particular, plagiarism, being a kind of dishonest practice, is “the presentation of another person’s work without proper acknowledgement of the source, including exact phrases, or summarised ideas, or even footnotes/citations, whether protected by copyright or not, as the student’s own work”. Students are required to strictly follow university regulations governing academic integrity and honesty.

3. Students are required to submit writing assignment(s) using Turnitin.

4. To enhance students’ understanding of plagiarism, a mini-course “Online Tutorial on Plagiarism Awareness” is available on https://pla.ln.edu.hk/.

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