TY - BOOK ID - 85913975 TI - Making Hong Kong China : The rollback of human rights and the rule of law PY - 2020 SN - 9781952636134 1952636132 PB - Ann Arbor Association for Asian Studies DB - UniCat KW - Civil rights KW - Human rights KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions. KW - History. KW - Basic rights KW - Civil liberties KW - Constitutional rights KW - Fundamental rights KW - Rights, Civil KW - Constitutional law KW - Political persecution KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Law and legislation KW - S27/0515 KW - S27/0602 KW - S27/0680 KW - S27/0815 KW - Hong Kong--China's claim to Hong Kong (incl. Sino-British Agreement of 1984) KW - Hong Kong--Politics and government: since 1945 KW - Hong Kong--Law and legislation KW - Hong Kong--Society in transition KW - Civil rights. KW - Human rights. KW - Politics and government. KW - Since 1997. KW - China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85913975 AB - "How can one of the world's most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global center of culture and finance into a subject of authoritarian control? As Beijing's anxious interference has grown, the "one country, two systems" model China promised Hong Kong has slowly drained away in the years since the 1997 handover. As "one country" seemed set to gobble up "two systems," the people of Hong Kong riveted the world's attention in 2019 by defiantly demanding the autonomy, rule of law and basic freedoms they were promised. In 2020, the new National Security Law imposed by Beijing aimed to snuff out such resistance. Will the Hong Kong so deeply held in the people's identity and the world's imagination be lost? Professor Michael Davis, who has taught human rights and constitutional law in this city for over three decades, and has been one of its closest observers, takes us on this constitutional journey"-- ER -