The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities.
Taking a long historical perspective, the book compares and contrasts the political development trajectory in the three regions from the early 1970s--from the election-driven liberalisation in Taiwan from 1969, the Democracy Wall Movement in Mainland China in 1978, and the top-down.
The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities