Trust Between China's Communist Party-State And Chinese Citizens
Topic Two
Does unelected rule undermine trust between China’s Communist party-state and Chinese citizens?
Whether your answer is affirmative, negative or undecided, you must use at least three examples to back your argument. To get a higher mark, you must provide an evidence-based comparison of China with democratic countries like Australia, to assess whether media censorship in China diminishes the level of trust between state and society.
Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China has always enjoy a high degree of autonomy ever since its reunification with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. When compared to the remaining provinces of China, Hong Kong citizens maintain a right in freedom of speech and is …show more content…
This can be established through recent civil disobedience campaigns, the political sphere within the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Chinese Communist Party’s reinforcement of its “One Country, Two Systems” policy through its political white paper and media censorship of Hong Kong’s civil disobedience campaigns in mainland China. Although a considerable section of Hong Kong’s population aspirates democratisation through civil disobedience campaigns, there are also a partial of Hong Kong citizens that are content with the current circumstances. Indeed, since the coexistence of the Chinese Communist Party regime and Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of China is recognised internationally, whilst distrust between both Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party unquestionably exist, there are circumstances where Hong Kong’s sovereignty requires to rely on China. Vice versa, China’s socio-economic stability relies on Hong Kong. The simple fact is, these circumstances pressure to strengthen the trust between Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party, since it is in both Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party’s common interest to improve social and economic …show more content…
K., & So, A. Y. (2002). Conclusion: Crisis and Transformation in the Hong Kong SAR - Toward Soft Authoritarian Developmentalism? In M. K. Chan & A. Y. So (Eds.), Crisis and Tranformation in China 's Hong Kong (pp. 363-384). New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
ChengYang. (2014). China issues white paper on policy in Hong Kong. Xinhua. Retrieved from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-06/10/c_133396220.htm
Cheung, T., Kao, E., Chan, S., & Lau, C. (2014). OCCUPY CENTRAL - THE FIRST 12 HOURS: Full report as events unfolded. South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1602958/live-occupy-central-kicks-hundreds-classroom-boycott-students-leave?page=all
Chung, E., & Rose, A. (2014). Hong Kong wraps up unofficial democracy poll in defiance of Beijing. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/29/us-hongkong-vote-idUSKBN0F407520140629
Fong, M., Browne, A., & Pottinger, M. (2004). Massive Protest In Hong Kong Challenges China; So Far, Beijing Has Failed In Efforts to Deflect City 's Democratic Aspirations. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from
Does unelected rule undermine trust between China’s Communist party-state and Chinese citizens?
Whether your answer is affirmative, negative or undecided, you must use at least three examples to back your argument. To get a higher mark, you must provide an evidence-based comparison of China with democratic countries like Australia, to assess whether media censorship in China diminishes the level of trust between state and society.
Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China has always enjoy a high degree of autonomy ever since its reunification with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. When compared to the remaining provinces of China, Hong Kong citizens maintain a right in freedom of speech and is …show more content…
This can be established through recent civil disobedience campaigns, the political sphere within the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Chinese Communist Party’s reinforcement of its “One Country, Two Systems” policy through its political white paper and media censorship of Hong Kong’s civil disobedience campaigns in mainland China. Although a considerable section of Hong Kong’s population aspirates democratisation through civil disobedience campaigns, there are also a partial of Hong Kong citizens that are content with the current circumstances. Indeed, since the coexistence of the Chinese Communist Party regime and Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of China is recognised internationally, whilst distrust between both Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party unquestionably exist, there are circumstances where Hong Kong’s sovereignty requires to rely on China. Vice versa, China’s socio-economic stability relies on Hong Kong. The simple fact is, these circumstances pressure to strengthen the trust between Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party, since it is in both Hong Kong citizens and Chinese Communist Party’s common interest to improve social and economic …show more content…
K., & So, A. Y. (2002). Conclusion: Crisis and Transformation in the Hong Kong SAR - Toward Soft Authoritarian Developmentalism? In M. K. Chan & A. Y. So (Eds.), Crisis and Tranformation in China 's Hong Kong (pp. 363-384). New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
ChengYang. (2014). China issues white paper on policy in Hong Kong. Xinhua. Retrieved from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-06/10/c_133396220.htm
Cheung, T., Kao, E., Chan, S., & Lau, C. (2014). OCCUPY CENTRAL - THE FIRST 12 HOURS: Full report as events unfolded. South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1602958/live-occupy-central-kicks-hundreds-classroom-boycott-students-leave?page=all
Chung, E., & Rose, A. (2014). Hong Kong wraps up unofficial democracy poll in defiance of Beijing. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/29/us-hongkong-vote-idUSKBN0F407520140629
Fong, M., Browne, A., & Pottinger, M. (2004). Massive Protest In Hong Kong Challenges China; So Far, Beijing Has Failed In Efforts to Deflect City 's Democratic Aspirations. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from