Focus articles from September 1997

Focus archives from September 1997

Hong Kong: transition back to China. (Hongkong's cession to China)
September 22, 1997... Anyone who follows the news knows that Hong Kong was placed back under China's rule on July 1, 1997 after more than a hundred years as a British Crown Colony. Few people truly understand why such an economically strong and prosperous British...

Hong Kong. (geographical and political study of Hongkong)
September 22, 1997... Hongkong is without a doubt the most important point of contact today between China and the Western world; it is also one of the great commercial service centers for the Far East, and as such it performs functions that make its well-being of...

Symbolic landscape in high rise Hongkong.
September 22, 1997... The Hong Kong of popular international imagination is a dramatic high rise city, a dazzling harbor, and a densely populated urban environment. In urban Hong Kong the landscape of the central business district represents the material reality of...

Seoul, Taipei and Hong Kong. (comparative study of politics, culture and economy)
September 22, 1997... Similar and different. Lands of contrasts and parallels. Three different cities, three different political entities, three different histories. At the same time three crowded cities, three export-oriented manufacturing economies, three...

Montserrat: the people, the land and the volcano.
September 22, 1997... September 21, 1997 Dear Friends: I have just returned from a week in Montserrat; and since many of you have written or called to ask how Montserrat is doing, I thought I would write a short report. I was accompanied by my brother John...

Hong Kong is where the East meets West.
September 22, 1997... As the plane started its descent, I could see the stormy blue waters ram into the hilly islands. Then suddenly, skyscrapers emerged between the hills as the plane approached the water. Since land is a precious and scarce resource in Hong Kong,...

Quebec politics. (an update on referendum on Quebec independence)
September 22, 1997... Our Canadian Correspondent Gives Us An Update Dear Hilary: After scrounging through my files, it appears that the last time I wrote to you was in 1994! Nothing like spending five years in administration to really put one out of touch with...