James T H Tang
Biographic Data
| ID | 1257221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James T H Tang |
| GIVEN NAMES | James T H |
| FAMILY NAME | Tang |
| SIGNATURE | TANG J T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Has the Cold War returned to East Asia
The rise of a non-democratic China as the world ‘s second largest economy, still officially subscribing to Communism or ‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’ as its ideology1 1 In Xi Jinping's first speech as the new Chinese leader, after assuming his position as Party Secretary at the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, he declared that, “we will ensure that our Party will remain at the core of leadership in advancing the cause of socialism…
The Internet and Civil Society: Environmental and Labour Organizations in Hong Kong
To what extent has the internet strengthened civil society? In which ways have civil society organizations (CSOs) used the internet to communicate their missions, enhance the discussion of public issues, extend networks and mobilize collective actions? This article seeks to answer these and related questions by reporting on an empirical study in Hong Kong. The study involves an analysis of the web pages launched by 14 environmental groups and 22 …
Business as usual: The dynamics of government‐business relations in the Hong Kong special administrative region
This is an attempt to evaluate the implications of Hong Kong's political transition to post‐colonial rule for economic governance in the SAR beyond the ‘Beijing versus Hong Kong’ perspective. The article examines the changing government‐business dynamics in Hong Kong after the reversion by focusing on three inter‐related dimensions: economic ideology; institutional and policy framework; and the new political environment in post‐colonial Hong Kong…
Introduction: Hong Kong after the reversion: In search of a post‐colonial order
Hong Kong in United States‐China relations: The international politics of Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese sovereignty
This article examines the implications of the political transition of Hong Kong on US‐China relations in strategic, political and economic dimensions. It evaluates the impact of Hong Kong's changing status in the context of the engagement‐containment debate on China policy in the US. It suggests that US concerns over questions such as democracy and human rights and China's rejection of foreign interference’ in Hong Kong would turn the territory i…
The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949-1958. Qiang Zhai
The Evolving Pacific Basin in the Global Political Economy: Domestic and International Linkages
Changing Perspectives on the Evolving Pacific Basin, the Editors. Part 1 The International Context of Complex Interdependence: Post-Cold War Challenges to Japan and its Policy Responses, T. Akaha China in the 21st Century Global Balance - Challenges and Policy Responses, J.C. Hsiung The Rise of the East Asian NICs - Confucian Capitalism, Status Mobility, and Development Legacy, the Editors ASEAN - Challenges to Economic Cooperation and Developmen…
Decolonization in the post‐decolonization era: British dependent territories, the future of Hong Kong, and the common law
Britain's Dependent Territories, by George Drower. Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1992. xxi + 276 pp. £32.50. ISBN 1–85521–242–0. Hong Kong, by C. P. Lo. Belhaven, London, 1992. xvi + 200 pp. £39.95. ISBN 1–85293–053–5. The Common Law System in Chinese Context, by Berry Fong Chung Hsu. M.E. Sharpe, New York, 1992. xviii + 284 pp. ISBN 0–87332–845–0
From Empire Defence to Imperial Retreat: Britain's Postwar China Policy and the Decolonization of Hong Kong
Attempts to examine Hong Kong as an issue in British postwar colonial policy often emphasize the unique nature of the colony, and therefore a special case in British decolonization. Hong Kong has been regarded as an unconventional colonial entity, an anachronism in the modern world. But others argue that the word colony is not an appropriate term to describe it, except in the most severely technical legal sense, because of its spectacular industr…
Hong Kong's international status
Chinese Representation in the United Nations
On 4 January 1950, two days before Britain formally accorded de jure recognition to the People’s Republic, the head of the British permanent delegation at the UN, Sir Alexander Cadogan, wrote in his diary, ‘I saw a repetition of a telegram to Delhi, from which it appeared we recognised Communist China on the 6th. I think the FO might have given me this information direct’. Not only was Cadogan not directly informed of the date of the recognition,…
Conclusion
Britain’s policy towards the People’s Republic of China, and the response of the newly established revolutionary regime to that policy as described and discussed in this book has raised a number of important issues. This study has attempted first, to identify the main features of Britain’s China policy between 1949 and 1954; second, to bring out the implications of Britain’s China policy for the theoretical study of foreign policy; and third, to …
British Colonial Interests in Southeast Asia
The presence of a large ethnic Chinese population in British territories in Southeast Asia and the traditional links between overseas Chinese and their country of origin meant that internal developments in China had always affected local politics in places like Malaya and Singapore. Hong Kong, situated on the doorstep of China, was even more vulnerable to political changes on the mainland. This was true when the Kuomintang was in power; the commu…
Actors and Stage
‘China’s foreign relations are largely Anglo-Chinese’, remarked a senior Chinese diplomat in 1936. 1 Indeed until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 Britain was the predominant Western power in China. Anglo-Chinese relations began with the expansion of British commercial interests in Asia. The opening up of China to international mercantile interests following the Opium War by Britain was generally regarded as the beginning of Western …
British Commercial Interests in China
Commercial interests were a major consideration leading to Britain’s recognition of the People’s Republic. As pointed out in Chapter 2, the business lobby, particularly the China Association, was an influential pressure group which had played an important part in influencing the making of Britain’s China policy in 1949. The business lobby had hoped that after diplomatic relations between Britain and the People’s Republic had been established, Bri…
The Decision of Recognition
On 1 October 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Some three months later on 6 January 1950 the British government accorded diplomatic recognition to the new Chinese government. The decision of recognition, reached earlier by the Cabinet on 15 December 1949, was a very difficult decision for British policy-makers. Obviously London’s stance towards the newly formed Beijing go…
From Negotiation to Confrontation
After Britain’s recognition of the Beijing government, policy-makers in London expected that formal diplomatic contact and channels would be set up smoothly. They were to be disappointed as their expectation failed to materialize. Beijing’s immediate response was not entirely negative; the new leaders in China expressed a willingness to establish diplomatic rela-tions. The problem for Britain was that recognition was considered by the new Chinese…
From Confrontation to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Revolutionary China became engaged in a direct military conflict with the West over events in Korea at the end of October in 1950. Soon after crossing the 38th parallel in June North Korean troops had driven the South Koreans towards the southern tip of the peninsula. The North Korean victory did not last long. The military situation was changed dramatically when American forces under the command of General MacArthur landed at Inchon on 15 Septem…
Britain’s Encounter with Revolutionary China, 1949–54
Preface - Notes on the Romanization of Chinese Names - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: POLICY FORMULATION - Actors and Stage - The Decision of Recognition - PART 2: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION - From Negotiations to Confrontation - From Confrontation to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations - PART 3: POLICY ISSUES - Chinese Representation in the United Nations - British Commercial Interests in China - British Colonial Interests in So…
Britain’s Encounter with Revolutionary China, 1949–54
Preface - Notes on the Romanization of Chinese Names - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: POLICY FORMULATION - Actors and Stage - The Decision of Recognition - PART 2: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION - From Negotiations to Confrontation - From Confrontation to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations - PART 3: POLICY ISSUES - Chinese Representation in the United Nations - British Commercial Interests in China - British Colonial Interests in So…
From Empire Defence to Imperial Retreat: Britain's Postwar China Policy and the Decolonization of Hong Kong
Attempts to examine Hong Kong as an issue in British postwar colonial policy often emphasize the unique nature of the colony, and therefore a special case in British decolonization. Hong Kong has been regarded as an unconventional colonial entity, an anachronism in the modern world. But others argue that the word colony is not an appropriate term to describe it, except in the most severely technical legal sense, because of its spectacular industr…
The Evolving Pacific Basin in the Global Political Economy: Domestic and International Linkages
Changing Perspectives on the Evolving Pacific Basin, the Editors. Part 1 The International Context of Complex Interdependence: Post-Cold War Challenges to Japan and its Policy Responses, T. Akaha China in the 21st Century Global Balance - Challenges and Policy Responses, J.C. Hsiung The Rise of the East Asian NICs - Confucian Capitalism, Status Mobility, and Development Legacy, the Editors ASEAN - Challenges to Economic Cooperation and Developmen…
Hong Kong's international status
Business as usual: The dynamics of government‐business relations in the Hong Kong special administrative region
This is an attempt to evaluate the implications of Hong Kong's political transition to post‐colonial rule for economic governance in the SAR beyond the ‘Beijing versus Hong Kong’ perspective. The article examines the changing government‐business dynamics in Hong Kong after the reversion by focusing on three inter‐related dimensions: economic ideology; institutional and policy framework; and the new political environment in post‐colonial Hong Kong…
Hong Kong in United States‐China relations: The international politics of Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese sovereignty
This article examines the implications of the political transition of Hong Kong on US‐China relations in strategic, political and economic dimensions. It evaluates the impact of Hong Kong's changing status in the context of the engagement‐containment debate on China policy in the US. It suggests that US concerns over questions such as democracy and human rights and China's rejection of foreign interference’ in Hong Kong would turn the territory i…
The Internet and Civil Society: Environmental and Labour Organizations in Hong Kong
To what extent has the internet strengthened civil society? In which ways have civil society organizations (CSOs) used the internet to communicate their missions, enhance the discussion of public issues, extend networks and mobilize collective actions? This article seeks to answer these and related questions by reporting on an empirical study in Hong Kong. The study involves an analysis of the web pages launched by 14 environmental groups and 22 …
Chinese Representation in the United Nations
On 4 January 1950, two days before Britain formally accorded de jure recognition to the People’s Republic, the head of the British permanent delegation at the UN, Sir Alexander Cadogan, wrote in his diary, ‘I saw a repetition of a telegram to Delhi, from which it appeared we recognised Communist China on the 6th. I think the FO might have given me this information direct’. Not only was Cadogan not directly informed of the date of the recognition,…
Conclusion
Britain’s policy towards the People’s Republic of China, and the response of the newly established revolutionary regime to that policy as described and discussed in this book has raised a number of important issues. This study has attempted first, to identify the main features of Britain’s China policy between 1949 and 1954; second, to bring out the implications of Britain’s China policy for the theoretical study of foreign policy; and third, to …
British Colonial Interests in Southeast Asia
The presence of a large ethnic Chinese population in British territories in Southeast Asia and the traditional links between overseas Chinese and their country of origin meant that internal developments in China had always affected local politics in places like Malaya and Singapore. Hong Kong, situated on the doorstep of China, was even more vulnerable to political changes on the mainland. This was true when the Kuomintang was in power; the commu…
Actors and Stage
‘China’s foreign relations are largely Anglo-Chinese’, remarked a senior Chinese diplomat in 1936. 1 Indeed until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 Britain was the predominant Western power in China. Anglo-Chinese relations began with the expansion of British commercial interests in Asia. The opening up of China to international mercantile interests following the Opium War by Britain was generally regarded as the beginning of Western …
British Commercial Interests in China
Commercial interests were a major consideration leading to Britain’s recognition of the People’s Republic. As pointed out in Chapter 2, the business lobby, particularly the China Association, was an influential pressure group which had played an important part in influencing the making of Britain’s China policy in 1949. The business lobby had hoped that after diplomatic relations between Britain and the People’s Republic had been established, Bri…
The Decision of Recognition
On 1 October 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Some three months later on 6 January 1950 the British government accorded diplomatic recognition to the new Chinese government. The decision of recognition, reached earlier by the Cabinet on 15 December 1949, was a very difficult decision for British policy-makers. Obviously London’s stance towards the newly formed Beijing go…
From Negotiation to Confrontation
After Britain’s recognition of the Beijing government, policy-makers in London expected that formal diplomatic contact and channels would be set up smoothly. They were to be disappointed as their expectation failed to materialize. Beijing’s immediate response was not entirely negative; the new leaders in China expressed a willingness to establish diplomatic rela-tions. The problem for Britain was that recognition was considered by the new Chinese…
From Confrontation to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Revolutionary China became engaged in a direct military conflict with the West over events in Korea at the end of October in 1950. Soon after crossing the 38th parallel in June North Korean troops had driven the South Koreans towards the southern tip of the peninsula. The North Korean victory did not last long. The military situation was changed dramatically when American forces under the command of General MacArthur landed at Inchon on 15 Septem…
Britain’s Encounter with Revolutionary China, 1949–54
Preface - Notes on the Romanization of Chinese Names - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: POLICY FORMULATION - Actors and Stage - The Decision of Recognition - PART 2: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION - From Negotiations to Confrontation - From Confrontation to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations - PART 3: POLICY ISSUES - Chinese Representation in the United Nations - British Commercial Interests in China - British Colonial Interests in So…
Hong Kong's international status
Decolonization in the post‐decolonization era: British dependent territories, the future of Hong Kong, and the common law
Britain's Dependent Territories, by George Drower. Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1992. xxi + 276 pp. £32.50. ISBN 1–85521–242–0. Hong Kong, by C. P. Lo. Belhaven, London, 1992. xvi + 200 pp. £39.95. ISBN 1–85293–053–5. The Common Law System in Chinese Context, by Berry Fong Chung Hsu. M.E. Sharpe, New York, 1992. xviii + 284 pp. ISBN 0–87332–845–0
From Empire Defence to Imperial Retreat: Britain's Postwar China Policy and the Decolonization of Hong Kong
Attempts to examine Hong Kong as an issue in British postwar colonial policy often emphasize the unique nature of the colony, and therefore a special case in British decolonization. Hong Kong has been regarded as an unconventional colonial entity, an anachronism in the modern world. But others argue that the word colony is not an appropriate term to describe it, except in the most severely technical legal sense, because of its spectacular industr…
The Evolving Pacific Basin in the Global Political Economy: Domestic and International Linkages
Changing Perspectives on the Evolving Pacific Basin, the Editors. Part 1 The International Context of Complex Interdependence: Post-Cold War Challenges to Japan and its Policy Responses, T. Akaha China in the 21st Century Global Balance - Challenges and Policy Responses, J.C. Hsiung The Rise of the East Asian NICs - Confucian Capitalism, Status Mobility, and Development Legacy, the Editors ASEAN - Challenges to Economic Cooperation and Developmen…
The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949-1958. Qiang Zhai
Hong Kong in United States‐China relations: The international politics of Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese sovereignty
This article examines the implications of the political transition of Hong Kong on US‐China relations in strategic, political and economic dimensions. It evaluates the impact of Hong Kong's changing status in the context of the engagement‐containment debate on China policy in the US. It suggests that US concerns over questions such as democracy and human rights and China's rejection of foreign interference’ in Hong Kong would turn the territory i…
Business as usual: The dynamics of government‐business relations in the Hong Kong special administrative region
This is an attempt to evaluate the implications of Hong Kong's political transition to post‐colonial rule for economic governance in the SAR beyond the ‘Beijing versus Hong Kong’ perspective. The article examines the changing government‐business dynamics in Hong Kong after the reversion by focusing on three inter‐related dimensions: economic ideology; institutional and policy framework; and the new political environment in post‐colonial Hong Kong…
Introduction: Hong Kong after the reversion: In search of a post‐colonial order
The Internet and Civil Society: Environmental and Labour Organizations in Hong Kong
To what extent has the internet strengthened civil society? In which ways have civil society organizations (CSOs) used the internet to communicate their missions, enhance the discussion of public issues, extend networks and mobilize collective actions? This article seeks to answer these and related questions by reporting on an empirical study in Hong Kong. The study involves an analysis of the web pages launched by 14 environmental groups and 22 …
Has the Cold War returned to East Asia
The rise of a non-democratic China as the world ‘s second largest economy, still officially subscribing to Communism or ‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’ as its ideology1 1 In Xi Jinping's first speech as the new Chinese leader, after assuming his position as Party Secretary at the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, he declared that, “we will ensure that our Party will remain at the core of leadership in advancing the cause of socialism…
Political science (18 works) · Law (15 works) · China (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · History (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · History (6 works)