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This paper addresses the current political predicament in Hong Kong. However, rather than offering a casual political commentary on the current state of identity politics of Hong Kong, it offers a critical and historical evaluation of the ideas and practices of ‘Reunion in Democracy’ in the past decades. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Concerns with the cases of defiance expressed in cultural criticism which put under scrutiny the entire hegemonic self-image of Hong Kong, China shared by both the power establishment and the loyal opposition. Northbound colonialism in popular literature; Gospel of patriotic capitalism; Globalization and northbound colonialism.