Stephen Vines, "Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship" (Hurst, 2021)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Hong Kong's Political System Is Not Fit for Purpose
In your book, yo, you write that the political system is not fit for purpose. An not only it is a political system that doesn't truly represent a various social interests, but is also ana, in your view, to channel a major social problem. Do you want to tell us a little bit about the background of hong kong institutions and political system? I mean, first, fill people forget how peculiar honcas political system is. It's the, if you like, it's the bastard child of a colonial system. The point about most colonial systems is that they either end bloodily with a revolution and a rebuilt, not necessary, into wonderful, touchy, feelia
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