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Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong
The Power of a Critical Event
Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series
Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement?...
Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
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Media and Politics in Post-Handover Hong Kong
The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the city. Now, a decade after the handover, this book provides an up-to-date review of the dynamic relationship between media and political power in the...
Published November 25th 2007 by Routledge