Ho-fung Hung, "City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule," (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

For decades, Hong Kong has maintained precarious freedom at the edge of competing world powers. In City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period. Through careful analysis of vast economic data, a myriad of political events, and intricate networks of actors and ideas, Hung offers readers insight into the fraught economic, political, and social forces that led to the 2019 uprising, while situating the protests in the context of global finance and the geopolitics of the US-China rivalry. A provocative contribution to the discussion on Hong Kong's position in today's world, City on the Edge demonstrates that the resistance and repression of 2019-2020 does not spell the end of Hong Kong but the beginning of a long conflict with global repercussions. City on the Edge by Ho-fung Hung Hong Kong's Political History and 2019 Protests US-China Rivalry and Hong Kong's Future Post-1997 Hong Kong Handover Analysis Economic and Political Forces in Hong Kong Hong Kong's Precarious Freedom and Protests Global Finance and Hong Kong Uprising Hong Kong Resistance and Repression 2019-2020 Geopolitics of Hong Kong in US-China Relations Social Unrest and Political Conflict in Hong Kong Hong Kong's Role in Global Finance Ho-fung Hung on Hong Kong's Development Hong Kong’s Economic Data and Social Forces Long-Term Impact of Hong Kong Protests Hong Kong and Global Repercussions