Hong Kong's 2019–2020 Social Unrest | Social unrest 2019
ThisbookprovidesananatomyofHongKongs2019–2020socialunrest,whichhassignificantlydamageditseconomyandimage.AcoalitionofOppositiontotheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)emergedinHongKongafterthe1989TiananmenSquareIncident.TheBasicLaw,HongKongsmini-constitutionwhichtookeffectin1997,defined"onecountry,twosystems"inHongKongbutinadvertentlyinstalledan"oppositionpolitics"systemthatthecitywasunfamiliarwith.Freshoutofacolonialsystem,HongKongdidnothavethesocio-ecologicalsystemtoholdpoliticiansaccountableforth...
This book provides an anatomy of Hong Kongs 2019–2020 social unrest, which has significantly damaged its economy and image. A coalition of Opposition to the Communist Party of China (CPC) emerged in Hong Kong after the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident. The Basic Law, Hong Kongs mini-constitution which took effect in 1997, defined "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong but inadvertently installed an "opposition politics" system that the city was unfamiliar with. Fresh out of a colonial system, Hong Kong did not have the socio-ecological system to hold politicians accountable for their policies. For more than two decades, the tug of war between the Opposition and all other politicians has been delivering inconsistent public policies raising the costs of living and income disparity while hollowing out job opportunities. As a result, the younger generations have been immensely hurt. Meanwhile, the Opposition Camp has been promoting the blame narrative that the CPC is chipping a...