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A Foreign Policy and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies Event

Hong Kong–Beijing Relations

China, Hong Kong, Asia

Event Summary

A new and modernized China has been the vision of countless scholars, statesmen, and patriots since the late 19th Century. But the 20th Century was a sobering experience for China in its search for the path to modernization. Alan Leong explored how close the Chinese are to that vision; where China is heading as a nation and where China stands in the international community; and what the role of Hong Kong is in the 21st Century in China’s modernization.

Event Information

When

Thursday, September 20, 2007
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Where

Kresge
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Alan Leong is a Legislative Councilor of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), representing Kowloon East. In March 2007 he ran against Donald Tsang, the incumbent Chief Executive of the HKSAR, in the first contested Chief Executive Election held since the reversion of sovereignty to China in 1997. Prior to this, Leong had a successful career as a barrister in private practice, and was the first Senior Counsel appointed after the establishment of the HKSAR. He served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003. As Chairman of the Committee on Mainland Relations and Practice, he negotiated for the participation of Hong Kong barristers in China’s legal services after China acceded to the World Trade Organization. Leong is also a founding member of the Civic Party, which enjoys substantial support from the professional sector, and is widely seen by the Hong Kong public as a strong leader in the universal suffrage movement.

Transcript

Hon. Alan Leong: Recently, I have detected a general loss of interest in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has become less relevant to China watchers. They think Hong Kong is just another Chinese city. They think Hong Kong is no longer relevant to their analysis on China’s destiny. When you greet people with "I am from Hong Kong", they will respond by "I see. You are from China." Hong Kong is rapidly losing its importance. Has Hong Kong really become irrelevant? Or, has Hong Kong’s significance been misjudged?

Developments in Hong Kong are still important to watch. These could well inspire China’s developments. Do not take your eyes off Hong Kong yet. Many of the things happening there could have their effects felt beyond the geographical confines of Hong Kong.

Participants

Presenter

Hon. Alan Leong

Legislative Councillor, Kowloon East


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