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Nonfiction Book Review: City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule by Ho-Fung Hung

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In this meticulous and informative study, Johns Hopkins sociologist Hung (The China Boom) examines the “historical origins” of t...

BUY THIS BOOK City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule Ho-fung Hung. Cambridge Univ., $24.95 (300p) ISBN 978-1-108-84033-0 In this meticulous and informative study, Johns Hopkins sociologist Hung ( The China Boom ) examines the “historical origins” of the 2019 uprising against Chinese rule in his native Hong Kong. Tracing Hong Kong’s development from its founding as a village of fishermen in the 12th century to the present day, Hung contends that the city has never been politically neutral. He claims that the “One Country Two Systems” policy implemented after the 1997 handover from Great

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