The idea of 'national identity' is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to ""belong to a nation"" is a matter of great tension and contesta…
"Written by three academic specialists on cultural identity, social history, and the mass media, this book explores the processes through which the people of Hong Kong are "learning to belong to a nation" by examining their shifting relationship with the Chinese nation and state…
The idea of 'national identity' is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to ""belong to a nation"" is a matter of great tension and contesta…