Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Table of Acronyms Introduction The Imperialist Background From Early Development to the Beginnings of Retrocession The Negotiations and the Joint Declaration Representative Government and the Basic Law Tiananmen and After Enter Christopher Patten Patten's Political Reform Programme The Through Train Derailed A Lame Duck Government? The Die is Cast Ideology and Values Conclusion Index

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JOHN FLOWERDEW is Associate Professor of English at the City University of Hong Kong. He has been studying Hong Kong's political transition for the last 7 years, through the Hong Kong and international media, personal contact with interested parties, including the Hong Kong Governor, Chris Patten, and a close analysis of Patten's political language.