By analyzing the horizontal relations under the umbrella of Beijing based government the Policy Paper answers to the questions of who stimulates the decision on the security law and whether the competing provinces Guangdong, Hainan or the city of Shanghai might push the central government into more tough policy towards Hong Kong? Please download the Policy Paper here. In the first CAA Policy Paper Dominik Mierzejewski looks inside China’s domestic structure and argues that the critical in understanding current Hong Kong’s position is the horizontal competition between provinces. By analyzing the horizontal relations under the umbrella of Beijing based government the Policy Paper answers to the questions of who stimulates the decision on the security law and whether the competing provinces Guangdong, Hainan or the city of Shanghai might push the central government into more tough policy towards Hong Kong? Please download the Policy Paper here.
