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The Tragedy Of Hong Kong, Richard Klein
The Tragedy Of Hong Kong, Richard Klein
Richard Daniel Klein
While the world watched the fireworks and celebrations occurring in Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, a far sadder event was, in fact, unfolding. The people of Hong Kong, most of whom had originally fled from China -- the country which was now taking over -- have simply never experienced the basic human right of self-determination. Rule was shifting from a colonial power which had denied the people of Hong Kong their basic human rights for virtually all of its 155-year administration, to a country which, immediately upon assuming sovereignty, made it clear that democracy would remain but a dream.
Chinese Law, Trade And The New Century, Robert C. Berring
Chinese Law, Trade And The New Century, Robert C. Berring
Robert Berring
China crammed a great deal of political activity into the 20th Century. In the year 1900 the Q'ing Dynasty still ruled the remnants of an ancient empire. The Q'ing conspired with rebels in the Boxer Rebellion in the hopes of expelling all foreigners from Chinese soil and returning to splendid isolation. In the year 2000 China is a superpower balancing communist theory and a capitalist market that is about to join the World Trade Organization. The intervening years saw warlords, democrats, fascists, Marxists and all stripes of communists leading the world's largest nation. As China enters the new millennium of …
Brazil's Adhesion To The Cisg Consequences For Trade In China And Latin America, Edgardo Muñoz
Brazil's Adhesion To The Cisg Consequences For Trade In China And Latin America, Edgardo Muñoz
Edgardo Muñoz
Given Brazil’s current international trade volumes, its adhesion to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 1980 (CISG) will mean an important step towards the globalization of international sales law. In this atmosphere of expectancy, a couple of questions come up: Is a further step towards globalization in this something to be celebrated? What are the consequences of Brazil’s adhesion to the CISG for global and regional trade? Before answering these questions through this chapter, we would like to make an introductory comment on globalization and its relationship with the CISG