Political Conflicts and Insecurities – the 2019 Hong Kong Social Unrest

Hong Kong experienced a period of significant social unrest, marked by protests, from June 2019 to February 2020. Media coverage was pervasive. In July 2020, children aged from 5 to 6 years attending kindergartens in areas both directly and less directly impacted by the protests were asked to draw and talk about what had taken place during the social unrest. Thematic analysis of children’s drawings demonstrates the extent of their awareness and understanding and suggests that children perceived both protestors and police as angry and demonstrating aggression. Many children were critical of police conduct and saw protestors as needing protection from the police. Children around the world have been exposed to protest movements in recent times. The implications for parents, teachers and schools are discussed.

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Hong Kong in Chinese history: community and social unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913

Choice Reviews Online ◽

10.5860/choice.31-2834 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 31 (05) ◽

pp. 31-2834-31-2834

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Chinese History ◽

Social Unrest ◽

British Colony

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Hong Kong election sharpens political conflicts

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db213407 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Veto Power ◽

Controversial Issues ◽

Content Type ◽

Legislative Council ◽

Political Conflicts ◽

International Attention ◽

High Level ◽

New Generation ◽

Law Making

Subject Implications of the 2016 Legislative Council election. Significance A new generation of political activists, who gained international attention for leading massive pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014, have secured seats in the Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo), the territory's law-making body, in the first electoral contest after the protests. Voting on September 4 for all 70 LegCo seats returned a pro-government ('establishment') majority, but older democracy activists ('pan-democrats') combined with the protest leaders ('localists' or 'radicals') have won enough seats to retain a veto over government-backed legislation. Impacts Experienced pan-democrats will court younger activists, who successfully capitalised on the high level of anti-China sentiment. Opposition veto power will ensure legislative gridlock on controversial issues. Beijing will be tempted to back a challenger to Leung in 2017 as a conciliatory gesture to the opposition. Beijing will also try to sideline independence activists through 'loyalty tests' and other means to de-legitimise the movement. The movement demanding full autonomy for Hong Kong will grow, but remain outside the mainstream business and stability-focused electorate.

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Economic and political future of Hong Kong

Финансы и управление ◽

10.25136/2409-7802.2020.2.33443 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

Nikita Sergeevich Stepanov

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

The United States ◽

Economic Sector ◽

Successful Development ◽

Strategic Development ◽

Political Conflicts ◽

Current State ◽

The Status ◽

Logical Modeling ◽

The Subject

Relevance of this article is substantiated by series changes in the world's largest economy, related to the special status of Hong Kong, which is rapidly losing its autonomy and privileges associated with it. The goal consists in outlining potential prospects and restrictions pertaining to economic and political future of Hong Kong. The subject of this research is the peculiarities, trends and patterns of Hong Kong’s development in the economic and political spheres. Examination of the development of Hong Kong and the factors impacting these processes was conducted by means of structural approach, methods of logical, comparative and statistical analysis, grouping, abstract-logical modeling, etc. The conducted research of modern trends and patterns allowed determining the key problems that may negatively affect successful development of Hong Kong in the nearest future: China’s encroachment on the special status of Hong Kong, reflected in the adoption of in 2019; possible sanctions from the United States, threatening to deprive Hong Kong of the status of world’s top financial hub; protests of Hong Kong’s residents; effects of the Coronavirus pandemic in the economic sector. The acquired results may be applied in formation of Hong Kong’s strategic development vectors, considering current conditions of political conflicts, as well as crisis trends related to Coronavirus pandemic. The scientific novelty lies in identification of the problems of current state of Hong Kong, as well as in formulation of possible solutions for balancing the crisis trends. The author believes that there could be several scenarios of events. Full abolition of the special status of Hong Kong seems less realistic, as it would suppress the attempts to establish relations based on the principle “one state – two systems”.

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