Hong Kong, 1997: East vs. West and the Struggle for Democratic Reform within the Chinese State

Asian Survey ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 683-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Democratic Reform ◽  
Chinese State

Organizational Imprinting and Response to Institutional Complexity: Evidence from Publicly-Traded Chinese State-Owned Firms in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifan Wei
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Institutional Complexity ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
State Directors ◽  
Chinese State ◽  
Organizational Imprinting

ABSTRACTThis study seeks to answer the following question: What are the organizational attributes that influence organizational responses to institutional complexity? Building on core ideas of organizational imprinting, I argue that organizational response is influenced by the imprint from the dominant logic of organizing during the founding period and from the institutional position an organization possessed at founding. Empirically, I examine the variation in board composition of Chinese state-owned firms listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange market. It is found that state-owned firms founded in the market logic dominant period tend to have more non-state directors on the board in that they were organized around the prescription of the market logic and more responsive to shareholders’ demands for legitimacy reasons. Besides, state-owned firms founded by central government agencies tend to have fewer non-state directors because they were born at the center of the socialist system to accomplish strategic goals of the central government and non-state directors may challenge the vested interests. This study contributes to the organizational imprinting and institutional literature and resonates with the contemporary call for a more systematic examination of organizational attributes that influence organizational responses to institutional complexity.

An Ethnography of Comparative Ethnography

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-161
Author(s):  
Ching Kwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Case Method ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Extended Case Method ◽  
State Capital ◽  
Chinese State ◽  
Comparative Ethnography

This chapter discusses the different pathways to and practices of the comparative extended case method. All three projects examined here seek to relate the microscopic and time-place specific world of ethnographic observation to the broader forces, institutions, and processes that shape them. All are comparative, although they follow different logics of inquiry: variable comparison between two gendered factory regimes in Hong Kong and Shenzhen; incorporating comparison of two patterns of working-class formations in the rustbelt and sunbelt of China; and the third eventful comparison of Chinese state capital and global private capital in Zambia. Beginning with either theoretical inspirations or fieldwork imperatives, the pathways leading to these respective types of comparison is always a dialog and compromise between both.

The Spectrum of Frames and Disputes in the Umbrella Movement

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-99
Author(s):  
Wing Sang Law
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Social Mobilization ◽  
Symbolic Power ◽  
Democratic Reform ◽  
Direct Election ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common

This chapter highlights the importance of how the key campaign groups of the Umbrella Movement contested each other through their efforts of “framing” the movement in different ways so as to realize their competing visions of social mobilization. The Umbrella Movement was basically not a battleground between old and new conceptions of identity; rather, the subject matter was, throughout the process, democratic reform. Having said that, no one can take the Umbrella Movement out of the bigger context of ideological contestation happening over the years and how these contestations affected the prodemocracy cause. The Umbrella Movement was indeed overshadowed by an intense struggle for symbolic power, which might not help to organize the movement in a conventional sense. In other words, underneath the common quest for genuine direct election, a battle of anti-elitism was played out according to the populist logic that allowed its adherents to always play taboo breakers, going against political correctness. Disputes over framing and strategies went hand-in-hand with a subterranean campaign against the elites alleged to be gaining personal benefits by being part of the social movement industry or political establishment. The elites were reframed to be worse enemies than the regime in power instead of someone holding different judgments about tactics and action choices. Such an anti-elitist battle deepened the “culture of distrust” in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Attribute salience (Public Diplomacy) (see also issue attributes)

10.34778/4h ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Marschlich
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
News Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Agenda Building ◽  
Attribute Salience ◽  
Chinese State

The variable “attribute salience” is described as the characteristics of a given issue that is portrayed in media coverage or other communication channels. It is generally measured in addition to issue salience and issue valence in order to analyze media portrayals of events, actors, or public discourses. Attribute salience is often measured in order to explore how particular issues are presented (instead of which in general), thereby contributing to second-level agenda-setting effects (McCombs et al., 1997).   Field of application/theoretical foundation: Attribute salience is analyzed across different subfields of communication and media research, including the field of public diplomacy. In public diplomacy research, scholars measure attribute salience in the context of political communication or the representation of countries in the news media as well as on social media. Researchers embed the concept of attribute salience or issue attributes mainly in agenda-setting theory (McCombs & Shaw, 1972), analyzing it as an independent variable to derive with implications of news media coverage on audiences’ evaluations of certain issues.   References/combination with other methods of data collection: When it comes to analyses on attribute salience in the context of issues and its link to public perceptions, a mixed-method study design incorporating content analysis in combination with surveys is used to validate attribute salience.   Example study: Zhang et al. (2018)   Information on Zhang et al., 2018 Authors: Zhang et al. Research question/reseach interest: Effects of agenda-building of Chinese state-sponsored media on news media coverage in Taiwan and Singapore during Hong Kong Protest Object of analysis: Newspaper (several English newspapers and newswires published in China, Singapore, and Taiwan; not explicated) Time frame of analysis: 1 May 2014 to 30 April 2015   Information about Variable Level of analysis: Articel Values: (1) Substantive issue attributes (frame): (a) Conflict (b) Cooperation (c) Problem definition (d) Proposed solution to the problem (e) Responsibility attribution (f) Human interest (g) Consequences and outcomes (h) Morality and motivation to take actions   (2) Affective issue attributes (tone): (a) Negative (b) Neutral or mixed (c) Positive (d) N/A. Scales: Nominal Reliability: Cohen‘s kapp = 0.76   References McCombs, M. E., & Shaw, D. L. (1972). The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(2), 176–187. McCombs, M. E., Llamas, J. P., Lopez-Escobar, E., & Rey, F. (1997). Candidate Images in Spanish Elections: Second-Level Agenda-Setting Effects. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 74(4), 703–717. Zhang, T., Khalitova, L., Myslik, B., Mohr, T. L., Kim, J. Y., & Kiousis, S. (2018). Comparing Chinese state-sponsored media’s agenda-building influence on Taiwan and Singapore media during the 2014 Hong Kong Protest. Chinese Journal of Communication, 11(1), 66–87.

The support of Hong Kong Chinese for democratic reform

East Asia ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-80
Author(s):  
Ming Sing ◽  
K. M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Democratic Reform
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