{"product_id":"9781526190857","title":"Decolonisation in the age of globalisation","description":"Author: Chi-kwan Mark\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526190857\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing extensively on the declassified British archives and Chinese sources, this book explores how Britain and China negotiated for Hong Kong's future, and how Anglo-Chinese relations flourished after 1984. This original study argues that Thatcher was a pragmatic neoliberal, and the British diplomacy of 'educating' China yielded mixed results.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, Britain actively engaged with China in order to promote globalisation and manage Hong Kong's decolonisation. Influenced by neoliberalism, Margaret Thatcher saw Britain as a global trading nation, which was well placed to serve China's reform. During the negotiations over Hong Kong's future, British diplomats aimed to educate the Chinese in free-market capitalism. Nevertheless, Deng Xiaoping held an alternative vision of globalisation, one that privileged sovereignty and socialism over market liberalism and democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy drawing extensively upon the declassified British archives along with Chinese sources, this book explores how Britain and China negotiated for Hong Kong's future, and how Anglo-Chinese relations flourished after 1984 but suffered a setback as a result of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. This original study argues that Thatcher was a pragmatic neoliberal, and the British diplomacy of 'educating' China yielded mixed results.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920567484574,"sku":"ING-9781526190857","price":56.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526190857.jpg?v=1782824195","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526190857","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}