Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Hong Kong Diaspora Activism

Posted on January 27, 2023 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Hongkongers’ International Front: Diaspora Activism During and After the 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2023.2168208) is a new article by Ming-Sho Ho of the Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University in Taipei. The abstract for the paper states: The flare-up of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, diaspora activism, Hong Kong, Ming-sho Ho, pro-democracy movement, transnational network | Leave a comment

Issue 1 for 2023 is published

Posted on December 7, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Volume 53, No. 1 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes the JCA Prize announcement, seven research articles, a review essay, and two book reviews. The research articles are: Capital Accumulation in the “Lucky Country”: Australia … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Rosser, Australia, capitalism, China, COVID-19, geo-capitalism, geopolitics, Greater Bay Area, higher education, historiography, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jihyun Kim, Juliette Schwak, Jun Zhang, Kanishka Jayasuriya, Katherine Whitworth, Meghna Kajla, nationalism, Nicolas Grinberg, North Korea, Penang, Saemaul Undong, Shahar Hameiri, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Tom Chodor, Wei Leng Loh, Yao-Tai Li | Leave a comment

Varieties of Capitalism: South Korea and Hong Kong Compared

Posted on August 20, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“East Asian Varieties of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Inequality: South Korea and Hong Kong Compared” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2105738) is a new and open-access article for JCA. It is authored by Yin-Wah Chu of the Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Baptist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged capitalism, dualisation, Hong Kong, Labour, Neo-liberalism, socio-economic inequality, South Korea, Tat Yan Kong, varieties of capitalism, Yin-wah Chu | Leave a comment

Issue 4 for 2022 published

Posted on August 10, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Volume 52, No. 4 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes six research articles and six book reviews. The research articles are: Labour and Electoral Politics in Cambodia by Kristy Ward & Michele Ford Multiple Careers: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adlan Margoev, Alexey Prikhodchenko, Alexey Tokarev, Anuradha Sajjanhar, Bertram Lang, Cambodia, China, civil society, colonial plunder, game industry, Hae-Yung Song, Heike Holbig, Hong Kong, India, Jingwei Li, Kevin Hewison, Korea, Kristy Ward, Labour, Lake Lui, Laos, Matan Kaminer, Michael K. Connors, Michele Ford, monarchy, Myanmar, Nepal, populism, post-work, Robert Hassink, Shengjun Zhu, socialism, Technocracy, Thailand, Xiaohui Hu | Leave a comment

Beijing’s Hong Kong Policy

Posted on July 8, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Beijing’s Changing Hong Kong Policy: The Rise and Fall of Pragmatism” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2084767) is a new article by Joseph Yu-shek Cheng of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden. The abstract for the article states: Through a historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Hong Kong, Joseph Cheng, Occupy Central Campaign, political suppression, pro-democracy movement, United Front | Leave a comment

Politics and Remembering in Hong Kong

Posted on June 23, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Memories of Tiananmen: Politics and Processes of Collective Remembering in Hong Kong, 1989–2019 is authored by Francis L. F. Lee and Joseph M. Chan and published by Amsterdam University Press. The book is reviewed for JCA by Joseph Cheng, formerly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Francis L. F. Lee, Hong Kong, Joseph Cheng, Joseph M. Chan, Tiananmen | Leave a comment

Issue 3 for 2022 published

Posted on June 7, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Volume 52, No. 3 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes six research articles and six book reviews. The research articles are: Classical Theory of Imperialism and Contemporary Capitalism by Paramjit Singh Using Labour to Characterise … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anti-communism, anti-ELAB, Benedicte Chambon, Bhutan, Bo Zhao, Cedric Gaillard, China, Chinese labour law, civil society, Edmund W. Cheng, Erik Mobrand, family farming, Francis L. F. Lee, Gary K. Y. Tang, globalisation, gross national happiness, Hai Liang, Helena See, Hong Kong, imperialism, Indonesia, Jan Bardsley, Japan, Japanese economy, Korea, Korean Chinese, Kosmas Tsokhas, Kwang-Yeong Shin, Mark R. Thompson, Michael K. Connors, New Left, Olle Törnquist, Paramjit Singh, Philippines, Pierre-Marie Bosc, Rodrigo Duterte, rubber, Samson Yuen, Siqi Luo, Thailand, Uraiwan Tongkaemkaew | Leave a comment

Hong Kong’s Lennon Walls

Posted on March 26, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Contentious Repertoires: Examining Lennon Walls in Hong Kong’s Social Unrest of 2019” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032277) is a new JCA article authored by Yao-Tai Li of the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales and Katherine Whitworth of the Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anti-ELAB Movement, contentious repertoire, framing/counter-framing, Hong Kong, Katherine Whitworth, Lennon Wall, mobilisation, Yao-Tai Li | Leave a comment

Issue 5 for 2021 published

Posted on November 11, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Issue number 5 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes a feature section, two other research articles and four book reviews. The articles in the feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bank Ngamarunchot, business–state relationship, capitalism, Chan-Yuan Wong, China, Edmund Terence Gomez, globalisation, Guanie Lim, Hong Kong, hyperglobalisation, Jue Jiang, Kahee Jo, Kee Cheok Cheong, Kevin Tze-Wai Wong, Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Lam Minh Chau, Malaysia, middle-income trap, Mustafa Yagcia, Nahee Kang, Ngamtinlun Touthang, Paul Cammack, Po-San Wan, political economy, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Trin Aiyara, Turkey, Veerayooth Kanchoochat, Victor Zheng, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Post-Work Life in Hong Kong

Posted on June 18, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Multiple Careers: Towards a Post-Work Way of Life” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1937674) is a new article by Lake Lui of the Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. The abstract for the paper states: This article examines the capacity of college-educated … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hong Kong, Lake Lui, Multiple careers, multipotentialities, Precarity, refusal of work subjectivity | 1 Comment

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