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Hong Kong, China Learning to belong to a nation

212 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

214 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

224 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong. Written by three academic specialists on Hong Kong cultural identity, social history,... Read more

1 The Significance of Hong Kong; 2: Fleeing the Nation, Creating a Local Home, 1949-1983; 3: Rejoining the Nation, 1983-2006; 4: Representing the Nation in Hong Kong Mass Media; 5: Hong Kong Schools and the Teaching of National Identity; 6: Hong Kong People’s Changing Comprehensions of National Identity; 7: How American, Chinese, and Hong Kong University Students Understand "Belonging to a Nation"; 8: Hong Kong People Encountering the Nation in South China; 9: Hong Kong’s Market-based National Identity: Harbinger of a Global Future?