04707cam a2200493 i 4500 22313317 BJBSDDR 20240411151822.0 ta 211117s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng 2021055934 9781250279170 (hardcover) 9781250279187 (ebook) DLC spa rda DLC DLC eng pcc a-cc-hk a-cc--- 408 DS 796 C638t 2022 951.25 23/eng/20220107 Clifford, Mark, 1957- 35076 Today Hong Kong, tomorrow the world : what China's crackdown reveals about its plans to end freedom everywhere / Mark L. Clifford. What China's crackdown reveals about its plans to end freedom everywhere First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. viii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The summer of democracy -- An umbrella occupation : a new generation rebels -- And then there were none -- Property and poverty -- Opium, free trade, and a "barren rock" -- A "dying city" rises from the ruins -- "Horses will still run, stocks will still sizzle, dancers will still dance" -- Massacre in Tiananmen : "Today's China is tomorrow's Hong Kong" -- "I have to live in the real world" -- The last governor : "A thousand-year sinner" -- China opens for business -- "The great Chinese takeaway" -- "The first postmodern city to die" -- The endgame -- Punishing a media maverick -- "Strike hard" -- "History will absolve me" -- A newspaper is murdered, a city mourns. "A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer political system than that of Communist China-one with its own currency and government administration, a common-law legal system, and freedoms of press, speech, and religion. But as the halfway mark of the SAR's lifespan approaches in 2022, it is clear that China has not kept its word. Universal suffrage and free elections have not been instituted, harassment and brutality have become normalized, and activists are being jailed en masse. To make matters worse, a national security law that further crimps Hong Kong's freedoms has recently been decreed in Beijing. This tragic backslide has dire worldwide implications-as China continues to expand its global influence, Hong Kong serves as a chilling preview of how dissenters could be treated in regions that fall under the emerging superpower's control. Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World tells the complete story of how a city once famed for protests so peaceful that toddlers joined grandparents in millions-strong rallies became a place where police have fired more than 10,000 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and even live ammunition at their neighbors, while pro-government hooligans attack demonstrators in the streets. A Hong Kong resident from 1992 to 2021, author Mark L. Clifford has witnessed this transformation firsthand. As a celebrated publisher and journalist, he has unrivaled access to the full range of the city's society, from student protestors and political prisoners to aristocrats and senior government officials. A powerful and dramatic mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, this book is the definitive account of one of the most important geopolitical standoffs of our time"-- Provided by publisher. Civil rights China Hong Kong History. Derechos civiles China Hong Kong Historia 2980 Hong Kong (China) Relations China. Hong Kong (China) Relaciones China 35231 China Relations China Hong Kong. Hong Kong (China) Política y gobierno 35231 Hong Kong (China) History. Hong Kong (China) Politics and government. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc 0 BK rmza 120956 120956 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2024-04-04 0 408 DS 796 C638t 2022 00000178460 2024-04-04 00:00:00 1 2024-04-04 BK