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Thinking about Homeland: Hong Kong under the Frenzy of Chinese Colonialism
Thinking about Homeland: Hong Kong under the Frenzy of Chinese Colonialism
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This is not just a revolution of our times belonging to Hong Kong,
It is also a battle calling for alliances between small border countries.
Starting from the subject of Hong Kong, we will build an East Asian anti-colonial community.
It is imperative to resist the craze of Chinese colonialism.
It is also a battle calling for alliances between small border countries.
Starting from the subject of Hong Kong, we will build an East Asian anti-colonial community.
It is imperative to resist the craze of Chinese colonialism.
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong's sovereignty was transferred to China on the premise that "one country, two systems" would remain unchanged for 50 years in the Sino-British Joint Declaration. However, in less than 20 years, the Chinese Communist Party began to tighten Hong Kong's autonomy. From the "Umbrella Revolution" in 2014 to the extradition law in 2017 to oppose the amendment of the "Fugitive Offenders Ordinance", Hong Kong people had to take to the streets and repeatedly set new standards for Hong Kong. The largest number of people participating in the parade in history.
In this wave, Hong Kong's local ideological trends began to sprout, striving for democracy and autonomy, and even advocates of Hong Kong independence emerged one after another, and Hong Kong people's self-identity became increasingly high. However, under the current framework of "one country, two systems" and governance with "Chinese characteristics", can having an ambiguous identification with cultural China be exchanged for China turning a blind eye and closing its eyes? Can the contradiction of "Hong Kong-style patriotism" or "both patriotism and fear of the country" lack the nihilistic identity of the subject, and have no national basis for protest actions to bring the dawn of democracy and freedom to Hong Kong?
After discussing the origins and history of Hong Kong, Xu Cheng'en, the author of this collection, explains the inevitability of national identity and the democratic self-determination movement based on the dialectics of nationalism in view of Hong Kong's current situation, and unravels the imperial gene behind China's national cloak. By analyzing the failure of China's century-old civilizational transformation, paying attention to the budding local identity, and outlining the outline of the Hong Kong nation, this book leads readers to resist the "political reality" of surrendering to hegemony, break out from the false view of freedom and progress and cultural complex, and provide The future of East Asia and the world, building an anti-colonial community that aspires to peace.
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