The Conversion of Hong Kong from a British GolonY to a SPecial Administrative Region of the People's RePublic of China: A S6lected Bibliography Annie Y. Hor first Special Ad- at midnight on July 1, 1997 Hong-Kong. became the As the world watched, to Britain bv the ;j"#iil;Fi[;n oi tn".p"oii"s"n"i'joiit or cnin"."cedea and leased #ff ltJ?J"',%?rl**i*ti:ll"t'','."s,x;1ru:llu:i& !?:l; {frf;g I,E!.:!;under tr''org;' n'oi-polit icatry aemocratii. l-t was free and capitalist iJiO ii"""ti.ili."ntei,'and rhe chinese mother- ili;;; ;;j;, ;il; itanoaro ot rivins retitivetv nisner than thal or china"'#fi :'tffi 'fi 'il""1 ff *:r':gil:",T:mru:*l*,*:tri'":nnrui.luil;ff',l1f, worlds i""r.""i"i 6i ini"" in ts+'s, Hong Kong and th6. mainland became- two ditferent -'ih;;";;i;ii"; rn"b,iiiii ino Cninese governments on the luture of Hons Kong o"i*""n interest o"lji iiiYddil'Fi"rln" uijdi."i"s the Chinese goveinment made it clear that its sole y,i;hhit"iru:i:;;t;::,'w:[.ru''*-*"!'i;Eil"1^,"J'p;E#r+'';;,f#'E$ll: :;; principle. In the 984 qino:9'ilitl ;'";;td 6'"-.y'.t"ttt .1 its freedoms, its so- pilriiil H,i"g rond riny y""i, oi-uironomy, allowing rhe city ro maintain lne riasic Law of the Hong Kong SAR cial and economic systems, uno-i[-lupitiriJi rre-styt! In lYvu' was enacted and adopted by the Chinese L:ongress amortg Hong Kong residents Even after the Basic Law was'Jopt"a tn"r6 *"r gou"rn.unt. JJ.irJto comply witn"kepticism its promises Other countries observed about the Chinese within a so- iliil i;i;;"-.i, ;-""d-"itng no* tne new rrjmewdri lwhich embeds a capitalist city aitect uon-g Kong and China both politically and economicallv' .j"ii.i much debate years since tte haidover' During this period' there has been It has"orntrvl*ouio been three ltwas oruOoO" ior the mainland-bbrn children of Hong Kong.parents i6firrr" liii,",1ght made by "" when tn" a"i1ng government, interfered with the decisions i"ui."r|lirv human rights is- "o"i;;veTsialForiii"ar pressure glroJp-s continued to criticize China on il;il1;;6 Slmllll1g-ous with but unrelated to the sues and to "6uits.push lor tot" o"to""iu-"y'in-riong xong blow d-uring the Asian financial chanqe of ownership, Hong Ko;g sufie'ed a rialor 6conomic years, the city remained in r-e-c^esslon' ine t"rr or tggz. roi two nego' maieiLts published between 1983' when the Sino-British "iliir-inThis biblioqraphy inctuOes in zoob""i*" y"ijt t19 gglversion Althoush limited to works ,i"ili',i i""dl"ii'lXi'ri,i'""iv ,"-tt"t formats and works that is comprehenslve rn scope, including materials. in various Enqlish, ir though abundant In oinerent po-iiriiai views. w5rro wioe web.resources, ;;;;i;,;;sJoi most web sltes lt i"rit"o"i i""" ut"n intentionirry e*ituoeo-owing to the-volatile nature of current and updated versions of woutd be advisabte to use weo 3e"ai"ii"ngin"i t&id"ntitying Web materlals- r59 Bulletin ot Bibtiography Vol. 57, No. 3 Tjtg bibliosl?.ehy. is organized by type of materiar, and in mosr cases further subcateoorized bv- date of publication. ciration sryt6 foilows the sixth eoirion oi tiite t_. iri^iiJi:" for Writers. iiili"it NOTES l Hong Kong rsrand was ceded Britain.al'er.the lo tirst opium war (rg3g-1g42), which was the beginning res ol trading wars between or a se- china and roreign poweii. 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