scholarly journals Hong Kong’s Artificial Anti-Archipelago and the Unnaturing of the Natural

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Toland
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Current Plan

This chapter examines a proposal made by Hong Kong tycoon Gordon Wu to construct an artificial island in Hong Kong’s territorial waters in the late 1980s. His scheme has echoes in the Hong Kong government’s current plan to construct an “East Lantau Metropolis” on an artificial island in a similar same location. A close examination of Wu’s proposition reveals how it served not just commercial ambitions, but also expressed a more complex set of aims playing out through geopolitical intrigue and late-colonial domestic politics, as well as maneuverings for private dominance of urban and regional infrastructure. At an even more ulterior level, these activities additionally attempted an unconscious restructuring of the intercultural formations of nature(s) and landscape as they have emerged in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals IMMIGRANTS AS VOTERS IN ELECTORAL AUTOCRACIES: THE CASE OF MAINLAND CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN HONG KONG

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Hok-Wui Wong ◽  
Ngok Ma ◽  
Wai-man Lam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Mainland Chinese Immigrants

AbstractMigration to electoral autocracies has become increasingly common. Extant studies, however, accord little attention to the immigrants' influences on the domestic politics of these regimes. We argue that immigrants have attributes (status quo bias and lack of prior exposure to local politics) that make them an attractive co-optation target of the authoritarian regime. We provide a case study of mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to illustrate our argument. Since the sovereignty transfer, the Hong Kong government has devised various schemes to attract these immigrants, while pro-establishment political parties and groups have actively sought to co-opt them. Using two distinct public opinion surveys, we also find that immigrants are more likely to approve of the political and economic status quo, and less likely to vote for pro-democracy opposition parties than the natives. In addition, we find no evidence that exposure to political information can change the immigrants' vote choice.

Hong Kong-UK migration could rise significantly

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
National Security ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Outward Migration

Significance The scheme has become part of a broader diplomatic fight between London and Beijing that began during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and worsened following Beijing’s imposition of a repressive National Security Law last year. Impacts Western countries may try to attract Hongkongers, who tend to be highly educated, though domestic politics may hinder this. Immigration to and from Hong Kong will likely be increasingly hostage to broader relations between Beijing and Western governments. Potential staffing gaps in Hong Kong due to outward migration could increasingly be filled by migrants from mainland China.

Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection: The Hong Kong experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (11-s4) ◽  
pp. S289-S293 ◽  
Author(s):  
SSY WONG ◽  
WC YAM ◽  
PHM LEUNG ◽  
PCY WOO ◽  
KY YUEN
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Escherichia Coli Infection
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