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Reflections on the Hong Kong Discourse on Human Rights

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The question of human rights in Hong Kong has been a focus of attention since 4 June 1989. Following the mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in support of the Beijing students’ movement and in protest against its bloody suppression by the Chinese government, people inside and outside Hong Kong were to become more aware of the human rights issue and to regard it as one of the main problems to be solved during the transition process.

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  1. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    Robert Ash (Chiang Chin-kuo Professor of Taiwan Studies) (Chiang Chin-kuo Professor of Taiwan Studies)

  2. Centre for Studies in Democratisation, University of Warwick, UK

    Peter Ferdinand (Director) (Director)

  3. Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hull, UK

    Brian Hook (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow) (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow)

  4. Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Brian Hook (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow) (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow)

  5. China Business and Policy Unit, University of Keele, China

    Robin Porter (Director) (Director)

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Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, S. (2000). Reflections on the Hong Kong Discourse on Human Rights. In: Ash, R., Ferdinand, P., Hook, B., Porter, R. (eds) Hong Kong in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977262_12

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