Hong Kong in the Shadow of China: Living with the Leviathan

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This book is a reflection on the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong during which theChinese government insisted on gradual movement toward electoral democracy and hundreds of thousands ofprotesters occupied major thoroughfares to push for full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep publicresentment over growing inequality and how the political systemreinforces the divide been those who have profited immensely and those whostruggle for basics such as housing.

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"Richard Bush is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and director of its Center on East Asia Policy Studies. He worked for nineteen years in the U.S. government on Asia policy issues, including Hong Kong. His most recent book is Uncharted Strait: The Future of ChinaTaiwan Relations."