Michael C. Davis, "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law" (Columbia UP, 2020)
b'\\u201cImagine you live in a freewheeling city like New York or London \\u2013 one of the world\\u2019s leading financial, educational, and cultural centres. Then imagine that one of the world\\u2019s most infamous authoritarian regimes makes direct control over your city, introducing secret police, warrant less surveillance and searches, massive repression and the arrest of protestors, and aggressive prosecution\\u2026 This is what just happened in Hong Kong\\u201d\\n--Michael C. Davis\\nIt is difficult to understand the pace or extent of the changes in Hong Kong since the protests began in June 2019, however in his latest book,\\xa0Michael C. Davis\\xa0breaks down for both the uninitiated and expert alike, the political, legal and informal events that have shaped Hong Kong under China\\u2019s ever expanding controls. In recent years, Beijing\\u2019s increasing interference with Hong Kong\\u2019s autonomy has begun to erode the promised \\u201cone country, two systems\\u201d model. The tension between one country and two systems came to a head in 2019; the world watched Hong Kong\\u2019s widespread protests demanding the maintenance of Hong Kong\\u2019s autonomy, rule of law and basic freedoms. In an attempt to quell the resistance movement, in 2020 Beijing introduced a National Security Law which has had a chilling effect on society. In\\xa0Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law\\xa0(Columbia UP, 2020), Professor Davis contextualizes these events in Hong Kong\\u2019s political history, giving the reader unique understandings about the events of 2019 and 2020.\\nProfessor Michael C. Davis has taught human rights and constitutional law in Hong Kong for over three decades. Through that time, he has witnessed first-hand the changes from the period before the handover in 1997 under British Colonial Rule, including the events after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989. He was instrumental in the organisation of the massive 2003 and 2004 protests, and witnessed first-hand the protests of the 2014 Occupy Central movement. He brings his unique insights to this book. Davis is the author of a number of books and his scholarship engages a wide range of issues relating to human rights, the rule of law and constitutionalism in emerging states. He is widely published in both academic circles and also popular news media. In 2014 he was awarded the 2014 Human Rights Press Award for his commentary by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club.\\nJane Richards is a doctoral candidate in Human Rights Law at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include disability, equality, criminal law and civil disobedience. You can find her on twitter @JaneRichardsHK where she avidly follows the Hong Kong\\u2019s protests and its politics.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law'