New Bottle, Old Wine: China’s Governance of Hong Kong in View of Its Policies in the Restive Borderlands
This paper reviews Beijing’s Hong Kong policy, arguing that the policy mirrors China’s policy towards its restive borderlands represented by Tibet and Xinjiang. The rule of Hong Kong and other borderlands in China will be understood in an analytical framework that highlights four broad policies...
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doaj-8ec6f36d51e941b68a27d0236cc153d42020-11-25T02:59:52ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Current Chinese Affairs1868-48742015-01-01444177209New Bottle, Old Wine: China’s Governance of Hong Kong in View of Its Policies in the Restive BorderlandsBill Chou0Chinese University of Hong KongThis paper reviews Beijing’s Hong Kong policy, arguing that the policy mirrors China’s policy towards its restive borderlands represented by Tibet and Xinjiang. The rule of Hong Kong and other borderlands in China will be understood in an analytical framework that highlights four broad policies of governing borderlands: promises of a high degree of local autonomy; extension of politico-administrative control; cultural assimilation; and economic integration and domination. These policies may be conceptualised within the term “coercion.†It is argued that before Hong Kong’s retrocession to China in 1997, the PRC’s approach to the territory, in comparison to its approaches to Tibet and Xinjiang, was the least coercive – that is, China initially promised Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy over domestic affairs. The degree of coercion was stepped up when Hongkongers were perceived as becoming increasingly alienated from the new regime.http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/918Social sciencespolitical sciencesChinaHong Kong policyborderlandscoercion300320ChinaContemporary |
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New Bottle, Old Wine: China’s Governance of Hong Kong in View of Its Policies in the Restive Borderlands |
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New Bottle, Old Wine: China’s Governance of Hong Kong in View of Its Policies in the Restive Borderlands |
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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |
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This paper reviews Beijing’s Hong Kong policy, arguing that the policy mirrors China’s policy towards its restive borderlands represented by Tibet and Xinjiang. The rule of Hong Kong and other borderlands in China will be understood in an analytical framework that highlights four broad policies of governing borderlands: promises of a high degree of local autonomy; extension of politico-administrative control; cultural assimilation; and economic integration and domination. These policies may be conceptualised within the term “coercion.†It is argued that before Hong Kong’s retrocession to China in 1997, the PRC’s approach to the territory, in comparison to its approaches to Tibet and Xinjiang, was the least coercive – that is, China initially promised Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy over domestic affairs. The degree of coercion was stepped up when Hongkongers were perceived as becoming increasingly alienated from the new regime. |
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Social sciences political sciences China Hong Kong policy borderlands coercion 300 320 China Contemporary |
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