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Hong Kong: Inevitably irrelevant to China?

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The protests in Hong Kong that took place in 2019 and are still ongoing in 2020 have attracted worldwide attention. This article presents an analysis of the relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China through a number of different lenses, including past economic relations in financing, trade, capital flow, and renminbi (the Chinese currency) internationalisation, future economic relations against the background of China's growth model transition and global investment environment, and future political relations against the background of the China model under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. This article finds that Hong Kong has in the past mattered to Mainland China, may in the present matter to Mainland China to some extent, but in future may matter less or become irrelevant.

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  • Kerry Liu, 2020. "Hong Kong: Inevitably irrelevant to China?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(1), pages 2-23, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:40:y:2020:i:1:p:2-23
    DOI: 10.1111/ecaf.12391
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