Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China 1438471696, 9781438471693

Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China. In Found in Transit

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Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China
1438471696, 9781438471693

In this timely and insightful book, Yiu-Wai Chu takes stock of Hong Kong's culture since its transition to a Specia

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Hong Kong and its relationship with China make for a uniquely intriguing study in democratization. What has hindered or

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China’s rise as a global power is one of the major economic and political developments of the past fifty years. One seem

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Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough intro- duction to the history, sociol

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How did Hong Kong transform itself from a 'shoppers' and capitalists' paradise' into a 'city of

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Provides an in-depth study of Hong Kong directors’ participation in Chinese 'main-melody' blockbusters in the

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Hong Kong faces the greatest challenge in its history as it returns to Chinese rule in 1997. How will it be affected by

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A close-up look at the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong. Hong Kong in the Shadow of China is a reflection on the rece

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The starting point of this book is the acknowledgement that on one side Chinese individuals, freer from the constraints

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