Hong Kong

by Ching Kwan Lee

How did Hong Kong transform itself from a 'shoppers' and capitalists' paradise' into a 'city of protests' at the frontline of a global anti-China backlash? CK Lee situates the post-1997 China-Hong Kong contestation in the broader context of 'global China.' Beijing deploys a bundle of power mechanisms - economic statecraft, patron-clientelism, and symbolic domination - around the world, including Hong Kong. This Chinese power project triggers a variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108823912
• ISBN13: 9781108823913
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"