Examining the role of China's sub-national regions in the country's dynamic entanglement with globalization has showed how different regions have played diverse roles both in China's economic and social transformations and in changes in the shape and nature of globalization itself. The dynamic global context for China's development, as well as the strategic political and economic concerns of China's leadership, have informed and been informed by regional development. This chapter suggests that they fall into three broad areas. First, the geographical scale, diversity and complexity of China's regions requires a step change in the way in which governments, businesses, investors and others outside China engage with the country. Second, as was made particularly clear in the discussion of the belt and road initiative, geography and location still matter. Finally, getting to grips with the ongoing development of …

Part I: The Hong Kong Business Environment Part II: Government and Politics Part III: Law and Legality Part IV: Journalism and the Media

The paper attempts to develop a better understanding of the evolution and future prospects of a container port by drawing on the changing international, national and local factors since the 1990s. Hong Kong, the world's busiest container port, is chosen as a case study. Against the background of four international megatrends of increasingly large containerships (and the restructuring of the liner shipping industry), the high spatial agglomeration of container traffic, the emergence of inland load centres and the growing importance of railways, the levels and the spatial dimensions of containerization in the People's Republic of China are systematically examined. Then, the relevancy of these factors in shaping the evolution and competitive position of Hong Kong's container port is highlighted at the local level. This paper finds that the changing policies of the Hong Kong government have not been consistent with the international and national trends associated with the development of a better integrated port - inland distribution system (and land bridges) based on road and railways. Market forces cannot explain the container port development satisfactorily. Political and other considerations have become equally, if not more, important. In the future, the competitive edge of Hong Kong's container port lies with serving the wider inland areas of Mainland China and the tapping of medium- and long-distance container freight, more economically transported by railways than by road or inland river.

The Final Years of British Hong Kong: The Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal. Edited by John Flowerdew. [Basingstoke: Macmillan; and New York: St Martin's Press, 1998. xxl + 258 pp. £45.00. ISBN 0-521 56381-X.] - Volume 164

In 1984, after protracted negotiations, the UK and China initialled an agreement on the future of Hong Kong.1 In the context of the agreement, the future was distinguished from the past by specific references to what would happen to Hong Kong after the expiry of the 99-year lease on the New Territories on 30 June 1997.2 During the negotiations, the UK had reluctantly conceded the inevitability of returning both ceded and leased territory to Chinese sovereignty.3 Accordingly, the past was separated from the future by a transition period of some 13 years. This transition period was, in practice, to be divided into two sub-periods. The difference between the two was to be reflected in the intensity of the interaction between the sovereigns and by the increasing level of consultation and co-operation as the date for the handover approached.

An Approach to Games Programming Graphics in Two Dimensions Fixedpoint Math A Three-Dimensional Graphics Primer Designing a 3D Game Organizing Your Data Input Devices Hidden Surface Removal Drawing an Object Shading Texture Mapping Faking Fog, Haze and Night Effects Simplifying for Speed Collision and Boundary Detection Automatons Asteroids! Advanced Topics.

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The Hong Kong Basic Law: Blueprint for “Stability and Prosperity” under Chinese Sovereignty? Edited by Ming K. Chan and David J. Clark. [Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1991. 310 pp. 45.00. ISBN 0 87332 743 8.] - Volume 134

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This Encyclopedia provides, in one volume, a compendium of China for every kind of enquiry, whether historical or contemporary, cultural or political, economic or social. It is a high-level reference work, providing up-to-date information on all aspects of China's geography, natural resources, economy, communications, growth planning and political structures, and covering the history and culture of traditional Chinese civilisation in all its variety.

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Hong Kong, A Society in Transition—Contributions to the Study of Hong Kong Society. Edited by I. C. Jarvie in consultation with Joseph Agassi. [London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. 378 pp. £2 16s.] - Hong Kong 1968. [Hong Kong Government Printer, 1969. 372 pp. H.K. $12.50.] - Volume 44

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