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Institutionalizing the Representation of Religious Minorities in Post-1997 Hong Kong

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Marginalization in China

Abstract

When the British colony of Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997, a majority ethnic-Chinese city became a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China with the promise of “Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong.” One visible change in governance was the replacement of a British-appointed, British-born governor with a Chinese-ethnic, Hong Kong resident chief executive. In this chapter I analyze a related and overlooked aspect of the “Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong” formula: the selection of religious representatives to fill 40 seats on an 800-person election committee (syungeui waiyuhnwui)1 that determines who will run Hong Kong as chief executive. In doing so, I focus attention on continuity rather than change: religion as a significant minority in Hong Kong.

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Nedilsky, L.V. (2009). Institutionalizing the Representation of Religious Minorities in Post-1997 Hong Kong. In: Marginalization in China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622418_11

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