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Constitutional Law, Common Market Law, And The European Human Rights Convention, Elisabeth Zoller
Constitutional Law, Common Market Law, And The European Human Rights Convention, Elisabeth Zoller
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The Tragedy Of Hong Kong, Richard Klein
The Tragedy Of Hong Kong, Richard Klein
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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.