Week 12: Dreams Deferred

I. “Through-Train” Derailed

1. Political Reforms . . . District Administration Scheme (1982)
2. The Chris Patten Years (1992–1997) . . . Electoral Reform of 1994 (20 directly-elected seats from geographical constituencies, 30 functional constituencies, and 10 seats by an election committee) . . . Provisional Legislative Council (1996)

II. The Transition Period

1. GDP (mid-1990s: service sector ~85%; manufacturing <10%)
2. About 10% or 600,000 emigrants (50%+ to Canada) between 1984 and 1996 . . . 44,169 (1995 peak)

III. “One Country, Two Systems”

1. The Tung Chee-hwa Years (1997–2005)
2. Financial crisis of 1997 (23% drop of the Hang Sang Index from October 20–23)
3. The right of abode case of 1999
4. Proposed legislation of Article 23 (enacted in March 2024)
5. SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak of 2003 (death toll: ~300) . . . March of protest of 2003  (500,000)

IV. Learning to be a Nation

1. The localist turn
2. Star Ferry/Queen’s Pier  (2006/2007)
3. Moral and national education  (2012)
4. Occupy Central/Umbrella Movement (2014)
5. Anti-Extradition Bill Movement (2019)
6. National Security Law (2020)