A study on Hong Kong's Role in China's Political and Social transformation

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510338
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University (2013-2016); Kanazawa University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: KURATA Toru 立教大学, 法学部, 准教授 (00507361)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 香港 / 中国 / 民主化 / 市民社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed how Hong Kong, which is ruled under "One country, two systems" formula and has special political and social system differs very much from the mainland China, influence on China's political and social transformation.
In the first period of this study, I did a research on Hong Kong's Christian society's activities in the mainalnd to know what kind of role Hong Kong's civil society plays in China.
During the period of this study, the "Umbrella movement", in which students and citizens occupied main streets of Hong Kong to demand for true democracy, happend and I did some research on this movement including interview to those who joined this movement.

Free Research Field

地域研究、中国政治、香港政治