Book Reviews, Minglang Zhou and Hongkai Sun (Eds.). Language policy in the People’s Republic of China: Theory and practice since 1949. Boston, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. Pp. 346. Hbk $149.00.

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-238
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China

Language Policy and Planning in Hong Kong

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 177-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Keith Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Full Range ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Policy And Planning

Hong Kong has a population of 5,902,100 people crowded into its land area of 1076 sq. kms. In broad terms, 98 percent of its population are Chinese.1 They speak Cantonese among themselves and English in dealing with expatriates. The expatriate community, once predominantly British, now reflects the full range of national and multinational commercial and banking interests, including those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan. Luke and Richards (1982) described Hong Kong as having diglossia without bilingualism.

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