East and west : the last governor of Hong Kong on power, freedom and the future / Chris Patten

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Macmillan Publishing Company, c1998Description: 340 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 333747887
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 796.H757 .P38 1998
Contents:
The last governor -- Hong Kong's "fatal" years -- Colonial questions -- Tiger talk -- Asian values -- Freedom and the market -- New world-old lessons -- How to make money -- China and the West -- Back to the future.
Summary: Patten examines how the former British colony has been governed and the reasons for its enormous economic success. He also discusses the controversial relationship between political freedom, social order and economic prosperity in Asia.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Political Science GC DS 796.H757 .P38 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000019117

Includes index.

The last governor -- Hong Kong's "fatal" years -- Colonial questions -- Tiger talk -- Asian values -- Freedom and the market -- New world-old lessons -- How to make money -- China and the West -- Back to the future.

Patten examines how the former British colony has been governed and the reasons for its enormous economic success. He also discusses the controversial relationship between political freedom, social order and economic prosperity in Asia.

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