1. Hong Kong Identity on the Rise.
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YEW CHIEW PING and KWONG KIN-MING
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CHINESE national character , *SOCIAL alienation , *ASSIMILATION (Sociology) , *SOCIAL policy , *TWENTY-first century , *SOCIAL history - Abstract
The rise of the Hong Kong local identity vis-à-vis the Chinese national identity has been particularly pronounced in recent years. This article argues that the "Mainlandization" of Hong Kong since 2003 has alienated Hong Kongers and threatened their sense of distinctiveness, which in turn has intensified their resistance to Beijing's top-down assimilation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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