The political economy of Hong Kong's transboundary pollution

Mushkat, Miron; Mushkat, Roda

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“…China viewed 1997 as a watershed moment when Hong Kong would return to China. Legal and political commentaries vividly illustrate how Britain initially entertained the far-fetched idea of asserting a ‘legal right’ to govern Hong Kong, which was soon stepped down to an offer to administer Hong Kong on behalf of China, which China rejected outright; the British government then retreated to the idea of a negotiated settlement of the question of the future of Hong Kong (Ghai 1991; Ghai 1997: 36-37; Mushkat 1986; Wesley-Smith 1987, 1997). Chinese constitutional backing for the policy of OCTS was set forth in Article 31 of China’s 1982 Constitution, which was adopted a few months after the meeting with the British delegation and empowered the NPC to create special administrative regions and to make the Basic Law (Constitution of PRC, Articles 31 and 62(14)).…”

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Hong Kong in the age of the PRC’s alienation from the international system: In search of normative consensus

Wang

2023

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Hong Kong presents a test case of China’s willingness to adapt Western liberal values of individual freedom and the rule of law in a corner of China. The Western model of governance, along with its common law system and capitalist economic system, has been permitted to operate side by side with the Chinese socialist system within the framework of Chinese sovereignty and the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) political and legal system. The formation and implementation of the policy of ‘one country, two systems’ (OCTS) entail Chinese law-makers’ selective integration of international and Western rules of governance into the Hong Kong and China context to serve the interests of the PRC party regime. This article explores the approaches taken by the PRC to the governance of Hong Kong in light of the regime’s political and economic goals and how the Western concept of rule of law and autonomy is perceived and substantiated in terms of the communist ideology. The author argues that the intrinsic value of OCTS lies in seeking complementarity and coexistence between the Western liberal norms of governance and Chinese communist ideology, and that this intrinsic value should be upheld and remain in full force to serve as a normative consensus between China and the West.

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Hong Kong in the age of the PRC’s alienation from the international system: In search of normative consensus

Wang

2023

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Cross-Boundary Air Pollution Control Under “One Country, Two Systems”: Perspectives From Hong Kong–guangdong Collaboration

Wong

Chang

2017

Singapore Econ. Rev.

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This study aims to examine how “One Country, Two Systems” has shaped and influenced the collaboration on cross-boundary air pollution control between the governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Guangdong province. The presence of the Chinese central government significantly fostered the start of this collaboration, but the implementation and collaborative relationship were relatively weak and unsustainable due to the two local governments’ largely different interests, goals and political demands. We found that the emphasis on “One Country” especially after 2003 led to the signature of more joint agreements in comparison with what the emphasis on “Two Systems” did between 1997 and 2003. Joint agreements appear to be necessary conditions for effective collaboration, but too many of them without satisfying implementation could have resulted in less concrete benefits. A balanced stress on “One Country” and “Two Systems” might bring an appropriate number of joint agreements with good implementation for more effective collaboration.

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The political economy of Hong Kong's transboundary pollution

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Hong Kong in the age of the PRC’s alienation from the international system: In search of normative consensus

Hong Kong in the age of the PRC’s alienation from the international system: In search of normative consensus

Cross-Boundary Air Pollution Control Under “One Country, Two Systems”: Perspectives From Hong Kong–guangdong Collaboration

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