China\'s Quest. The History of the Foreign Relations of the People\'s Republic of China - John Garver

580 { China’s Quest weakness of China’s Qing government had been revealed by its incompetent conduct of the 1894–1895 war with J ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 581 years to recover Hong Kong, and then did so in a pragmatic manner that did not destabilize the e ...

582 { China’s Quest Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore—which were rapidly industrializing through dynamic participation in the global ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 583 1994, estimated that Hong Kong supplied 60  percent of China’s total direct foreign investment b ...

584 { China’s Quest with which it had no diplomatic ties e.g., major trading centers South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, and South Afri ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 585 use such means. Instead, it acquiesced in British colonial rule, even while denouncing it via fr ...

586 { China’s Quest the 1898 lease on the New Territories be extended beyond 1997. After consul- tation, the MFA replied that “C ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 587 that Britain give up its strongest card (swapping sovereignty of the Island and Kowloon for a co ...

588 { China’s Quest we would hate to see happen—that is, we considered what we should do if serious disturbances occurred in Hon ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 589 over the whole of Hong Kong should be transferred to China if “acceptable arrangements could be ...

590 { China’s Quest would not assign officials to the HKSAR. Hong Kong would be run by Hong Kong people—the latter to be selecte ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 591 investment continued to flood in. A constant pulling and tugging between Beijing and London cont ...

592 { China’s Quest offered Britain “retreat with honor.” Implicitly, a nonnegotiated process would spoil Britain’s “honor.” Ano ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 593 compatriots for the return of Hong Kong to the motherland.” After starting work in Hong Kong, ho ...

594 { China’s Quest changed and was a new party that would not repeat past mistakes. Old styles of CCP operation—cursing, threat ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 595 the British scheme via CCP-controlled media and statements by prominent PRC representatives visi ...

596 { China’s Quest The dispute between Xu and Li Peng came to a head when Li directed Xu to demand that the British Hong Kong g ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 597 the western side of Lantao to construct a large modern airport had been considered in the early ...

598 { China’s Quest make things unbearable for China.”^46 Britain’s effort to democratize LegCo was perceived by CCP leaders as ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 599 presentation also conveyed to Qian Qichen the impression that China’s con- sent to expanded dire ...