Cover & Notes for Contributors

Boards, Contents & Contributors

Foreword

Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh, “Dissent Is the Highest Form of Patriotism: Chinese Dissidents and the Legacy of Liu Xiaobo

Introductory Commentary

Albert Ho Chun-yan, “Liu Xiaobo as the Spiritual Rival of Xi Jinping”

Party-State, Dissent and Human Rights

Joseph Yu-shek Cheng, “The Policy Programme and Human Rights Position of the Xi Jinping Administration”

Patrick Kar-wai Poon, “Liu Xiaobo and “Charter 08” – Freedom of Expression and Cultural Relativism”

Beatrice K.F. Leung, “Xi Jinping’s Religious Freedom Policy vs Human Rights”

Regional Reach of Authoritarianism

Benny Yiu-ting Tai, “Hong Kong No More: From Semi-democracy to Semi-authoritarianism”

Chris Yeung, “Human Rights in Hong Kong: One Country Looms as Two Systems Fade”

Łukasz Zamęcki, “Hong Kong Youth Radicalization from the Perspective of Relative Deprivation”

Roy Anthony Rogers, “The Radicalization of Xinjiang: Its Roots and Impact on Human Rights”

Jinhyeok Jang, “Parliamentary Representation in the Macau Special Administrative Region: A Quantitative Analysis of Roll Call Voting Behavior in the 5th Legislative Assembly, 2013-17”

East Asia’s Despotic Other: DPRK in Comparison

Soyoung Kwon, “Post-Communist Transition Revisited: The North Korean Regime in a Comparative Authoritarian Perspective”

Postscript

 Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh, “Brave New World Meets Nineteen Eighty-four in a New Golden Era: On the Passing of Liu Xiaobo, Advent of Big Data, and Resurgence of China as World Power”