(Re) imaginings of Hong Kong: Voices from the Hong Kong Diaspora and Their Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Tang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sociological Work

AbstractThis paper explores the (re)imaginings of the past by Chinese Americans and their families who came as part of the Hong Kong Chinese diaspora before 1997. Hong Kong is a locale often described as being conflicted with “the politics of disappearance”, but the Hong Kong Chinese diaspora provides a rich perspective into complex and nuanced tensions between central and peripheral linguistic and cultural imperialistic fields across time. Drawing upon the sociological work of transnational migration and belonging in Hong Kong, this research explores the discourses of Hong Kong émigrés and their young adult and adult children as they discuss their immigration stories, imaginings, and reimaginings of a colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong. The paper focuses on intergenerational conveyance of imagined identities across contexts and languages.

Protestantism in Twentieth-Century Chinese America: The Impact of Transnationalism on the Chinese Diaspora

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Tseng
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Protestantism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Protestant Denominations

AbstractThis article examines how an indigenous form of evangelicalism became the predominant form of Chinese Protestantism in the United States since 1949. Chinese-American Protestantism was so thoroughly reconstructed by separatist immigrants from the Diaspora and American-born (or American-raised) evangelicals that affiliation with mainline Protestant denominations and organizations is no longer desired. This development has revitalized Chinese-American Protestantism. Indeed, Chinese evangelicalism is one of the fastest-growing religions in China, the Chinese Diaspora, and among Chinese in America. Though the percentage of Chinese Americans affiliated with Christianity is not nearly as high as that of Korean Americans, Chinese-American Protestantism has achieved impressive numeric growth over the past fifty years. Much of this growth can be attributed to the large number of Chinese who have migrated to North America since World War II.

The Blessings and the Curses of Filial Piety on Dignity at the End of Life: Lived Experience of Hong Kong Chinese Adult Children Caregivers

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia L. W. Chan ◽  
Andy H. Y. Ho ◽  
Pamela P. Y. Leung ◽  
Harvey M. Chochinov ◽  
Robert A. Neimeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Chinese Adult

In the footsteps of the Chinese diaspora: Lee Kum Kee and its worldwide oyster sauce trading network

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-206
Author(s):  
Kok Chung Ong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South China ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Overseas Chinese ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Family Enterprise ◽  
Chinese Enterprise ◽  
The World ◽  
Trading Network

Lee Kum Kee (LKK) is the largest and best-known Chinese sauce brand in the world. The Hong Kong-based family enterprise, which originated in South China in 1888, has prospered through its worldwide oyster sauce trading network built among the Chinese diaspora. This paper examines the rise of LKK from the perspective of its network resources. It appears that LKK’s dynamics with the ‘old’ and ‘new’ overseas Chinese communities are rather different: while it maintains its hold on the former, it has just begun to tap into the network resources of the latter. Hong Kong as a key hub of the Chinese diaspora was crucial in the construction of LKK’s trading network. It also shaped the identity of LKK, making LKK first and foremost a Hong Kong Chinese enterprise rather than a Chinese enterprise.

Constant fear, but lingering nostalgia: British press representations of post-colonial Hong Kong 20 years on

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 630-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Liu ◽  
Cong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Past ◽  
British Colony ◽  
British Press ◽  
The Times

This study conducts a corpus-assisted discourse study of the representations of post-colonial Hong Kong in The Times over the past 20 years. The primary purpose is to reveal its preferential ways of representing Hong Kong and explicate the intricate relations between language use and the historical and socio-political contexts. Through an integration of the methods and theories associated with critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, this study conducts both synchronic and diachronic analyses of the representations of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2017. The findings suggest that The Times’ representations of Hong Kong tend to be crisis- and conflict-oriented. While evoking constant fear about the future of Hong Kong, it still suggests that it is Britain’s duty and moral obligation to protect the former British colony. The same trend can also be identified in The Times’ representations of the mass protests against the proposed extradition bill in 2019.

scholarly journals Relationship between long-term calcium intake and bone mineral content of children aged from birth to 5 years

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren T. K. Lee ◽  
Sophie S. F. Leung ◽  
Susan S. H. Lui ◽  
Joseph Lau
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Bone Mineral Content ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Mineral Content ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese Children ◽  
The Mean

This study evaluated Ca intake in Hong Kong Chinese children and examined the association between long-term Ca intake and bone mineral content (BMC) in children. Longitudinal dietary intake from birth to 5 years was obtained in 128 children (sixty-seven boys, sixty-one girls). Ca intakes were evaluated by dietary history and cross-checked with food frequency and 24 h recall. At age 5 years BMC was determined at the one-third distal radius of the right arm using single-photon absorptiometry. The mean Ca intake of 133 children at 5 years was 546 (SD 325) mg/d. Milk was the chief source of Ca (43·5 %). From birth to 5 years, 90 % of the children had been taking milk regularly. The mean BMC and bone width (BW) of these children were 0·317 (SD 0·042) g/cm and 0·756 (SD 0·074) cm respectively. BMC was not correlated with current intakes of Ca, energy and protein but was positively correlated with weight (r 0·57), height (r 0·47) and BW (r 0·66). However, cumulative Ca intake throughout the past 5 years showed significant correlation with BMC (r 0·235, P = 0·0133). The significant correlation remained even after weight, height, BW, sex. and cumulative intakes of energy and protein were adjusted in multiple regression analysis (r 0·248, P = 0·0107). Moreover, using principal component analysis, Ca intake during the 2nd year of life had the strongest correlation with BMC at 5 years (r 0·240, P = 0·02). Ca intake of Hong Kong Chinese children was higher than the RDA of the Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization (1962) and achieved 66% of the current US recommendation (National Research Council, 1989). The increased regular milk consumption reflects a significant change in dietary habits of the younger generation. Children with a habitually higher Ca intake throughout the past 5 years, particularly in the 2nd year, were found to have higher BMC.

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