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Migration and Identities in Hong Kong’s Transition

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Hong Kong in Transition

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Hong Kong’s reversion to China on 1 July, 1997 was unusual. Not only did an underdeveloped Communist country incorporate a world-class city, but scheduled far in advance, the community had time to reflect on the meaning of the transition in their daily lives. There has thus been much interest in how the Hong Kong people defined reversion, and made strategies to meet the challenges.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    Robert Ash (Chiang Chin-kuo Professor of Taiwan Studies) (Chiang Chin-kuo Professor of Taiwan Studies)

  2. Centre for Studies in Democratisation, University of Warwick, UK

    Peter Ferdinand (Director) (Director)

  3. Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hull, UK

    Brian Hook (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow) (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow)

  4. Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Brian Hook (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow) (Emeritus Leverhulme Fellow, Visiting Professor, Honorary Research Fellow)

  5. China Business and Policy Unit, University of Keele, China

    Robin Porter (Director) (Director)

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Salaff, J.W. (2000). Migration and Identities in Hong Kong’s Transition. In: Ash, R., Ferdinand, P., Hook, B., Porter, R. (eds) Hong Kong in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977262_14

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