Decolonisation in the Age of Globalisation - Britain, China, and Hong Kong, 1979-89

During Margaret Thatcher's premiership, Britain actively engaged with China in order to promote globalisation and manage Hong Kong's decolonisation.While successfullyresolving the Hong Kong question through negotiations with China, the British diplomacy of 'educating' Deng Xiaoping about global free trade and democracy yielded mixed results. -- .