The Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong: an evolving cross-boundary region under “one country, two systems”

Causality between business travel and trade volumes: Empirical evidence from Hong Kong

“…In fact, the evidence shows the resilience of Hong Kong's economy in terms of its remarkable capability to regain the prosperity and stability after the sovereignty changeover in 1997 and several crises (e.g. the SARS outbreak in 2003 and the global economic downturn in 2008), benefiting from Hong Kong's strong regulatory environment and its operating principal of 'One Country, Two Systems' (Yang, 2006;Zhao, Chan, & Ram on-Berjano, 2012).…”

Transformation of cross-boundary governance in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: Contested geopolitics and emerging conflicts

“…As indicted in the following analysis, the scale shift of regional governance initiated by the Guangdong provincial government with the supports from the central government have fostered regional integration in the PRD, while have encountered resistance from local residents in Hong Kong in the cross-border context. The latter, as a SAR is equivalent to province in terms of administrative hierarchy, but is a de facto semi-state under the OCTS principle, reflected by the high degree of autonomy including border control (Hui et al, 2011;Li, 2006;Yang, 2006a). The changing geopolitics of cross-border governance in such a unique city-region tends to be more complicated than other city-regions in the Chinese context, which is hopeful to enrich the existing literature.…”

“…The 2000s has witnessed proliferated studies on city-region governance in post-reform China (Li & Wu, 2012;Wu & Zhang, 2010;Xu and Yeh, 2011;Yang, 2005Yang, , 2006a. Existing literature has primarily focused on mega city-regions in or between provinces in China, e.g.…”

The landscape of gentrification: exploring the diversity of “upgrading” processes in Hong Kong, 1986–2006

“…The manufacturing share of GDP declined from 23.6% in 1980 to only 2.5% in 2007. During the same time period, the services share increased from 67.3% to 92.3% (Yang, 2006). Emerging as a global center of banking and finance, Hong Kong has become a significant node in the global economy (Skeldon, 1997).…”