The Legitimacy Problem and Democratic Reform in Hong Kong

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ID12422943
AuthorsMing Sing (0000-0001-8646-7004, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume15
Issue48
Pages517-532
Publication date2006-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670560600736558
OpenAlexW2163244600
LanguageEN
Citations received12

On 1 July 2003, over half a million Hong Kong people staged a mass protest against the poor governance of the post-handover Hong Kong government. The grievances of the marchers quickly snowballed into a widely backed movement for democracy. The subsequent record-breaking support for pro-democratic candidates during the local elections held on 23 November 2003 unnerved Beijing over its possible loss of control over Hong Kong. Beijing swiftly shifted to a hard-line approach, attempting to dampen the local democracy movement. This paper will expound the five fundamental causes of Hong Kong's broad-based demand for full democracy, analyse its type of democratic transition to illuminate its political dynamics, and highlight the parameters impacting its democratic development

Beijing · China · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Legitimacy · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration

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