Ying-Ho Kwong
Biographic Data
| ID | 311771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ying-Ho Kwong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ying-Ho |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwong |
| SIGNATURE | KWONG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7379-1139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
How Hong Kong Frames Taiwan in the National Security Law Era? A Comparative Study on Pro-Government and Pro-Democracy Online Influencers
In the National Security Law era, Taiwan politics have been carefully reported by mainstream media in Hong Kong. This study analyzes 3,800 YouTube videos, an alternative media, to compare how pro-government and pro-democracy influencers frame cross-strait relations and potential wars. The results indicate that videos about foreign military attract active audiences’ engagement from both sides, pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) videos receive …
Why are Exit Voices Louder? Exploring the Rise of “Migrant Influencers” From Hong Kong
The literature on Hirschman's exit-voice dynamics has long argued that voice (protests) is more likely to be selected in public affairs. In nondemocratic regimes, however, the cost of voicing out is high so citizens opt for exit (emigration). This study identifies individuals who engage in “voices after exit” as “migrant influencers” who emigrate overseas for criticizing their home government. It analyzes prodemocracy influencers in Hong Kong, re…
Uncovering Economic Grievances behind Radical Protests: Revisiting People’s Support for the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong
The Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in 2019 sparked the most radical mass protests seen in Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty. Scholars have proposed various explanations for the radicalization of the protests, as well as for the mass support for this radicalization across various sectors of society. However, economic grievances have been relatively downplayed in attempts to understand the radical protests. Using data from a survey conduc…
Electoral Overhaul Under the Principle of “Patriots Governing Hong Kong: Implications for Pro-China Governing Coalition Re-building
Financial development, democracy, and income inequality
Does financial development increase income inequality? This topic is theoretically and practically significant given the surge in income inequality across most economies in recent decades and the costs associated with bailing out financial institutions that were ‘too big to fail’ during the 2008 global financial crisis. As the literature has yet to reach a consensus, this study examines the impact of financial development on income inequality by …
Protests in Macao Under Chinese Sovereignty: Against the State or for the State
The existing literature on contentious politics has long centred on “state-challenging protests,” referring to resistance that denies state legitimacy. However, the implications of “state-engaging protests,” referring to protests that seek state assistance in what are essentially private disputes rather than challenging state legitimacy, have yet to be thoroughly explored. By analysing 2,364 protests in Macao, this study compares the trends and c…
Political Satire and Collective Reproduction: The Power of Political Nicknames in Hong Kong
The existing literature on political satire has focused primarily on the effects on audiences and their responses to satirical messages, neglecting the exploration of the implications of these effects. This article takes a reproduction perspective and argues that audiences regenerate and spread satirical messages to continuously denounce a political figure. By examining the circulation of “689,” the humorous nickname of former chief executive C. …
Gambling Economy and Social Protests in Macao: A Happy Problem
Gambling has both negative and positive impacts on every economy. The existing literature of gambling-related protests has mostly centered on “cost-challenging protests,” referring to resistance against social costs such as legalized gambling, problem gambling, and environmental deterioration. In this article, we adopt alternative types of collective action, namely “benefit-sharing protests,” referring to those that seek state or casino companies…
The Legal Profession in Battle: Cause Lawyers Versus State-Embedded Lawyers in Hong Kong's Democratization
The existing literature has long recognized that cause lawyers play important roles in fighting for political justice. However, the implications of how the state responds to these lawyers have yet to be comprehensively explored. This article argues that the state in Hong Kong has co-opted “state-embedded lawyers” against cause lawyers for the counter-mobilizing of public opinion. Thus, both cause lawyers and state-embedded lawyers engage in polit…
Covid-19 Direct Relief Payments and Political and Economic Attitudes among Tertiary Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study
During the COVID-19 pandemic, ad hoc direct relief payments were used extensively as a means of economic stimulation and individual compensation. Current studies are focusing on the economic impact of these policies, but they seldom consider how these payments affect individual beliefs and attitudes. This study used a survey with quasi-experimental elements to examine how these payments affected tertiary students in Hong Kong by focusing primaril…
Foreign news, regime type, and framing of China: Comparing the world’s media interpretations of the Hong Kong National Security Law
The existing literature has recognized that democratic regimes tend to allow pluralistic media content, whereas authoritarian regimes mostly permit pro-regime media content. This discussion has long focused on domestic news at the national level. However, the implications of foreign news have seldom been explored. By examining the Hong Kong National Security Law, this article compares the world’s media interpretations of China. The findings show …
Online counter‐mobilisation via social media: Exploration of pro‐regime opinion leaders in Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty
The literature has long recognised non‐democratic regimes that are increasingly using Internet manipulation to undermine the opposition. Apart from network control, content surveillance and paying for Internet commentators, the implications of the new trend of online counter‐mobilisation remain to be explored. By analysing 5124 YouTube videos of Hong Kong's Anti‐extradition Bill Protests, this study examines how pro‐regime opinion leaders counter…
Political Positioning of Religious Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Existing literature has long debated on religious beliefs and democracy. However, the implications of religious institutions, which shall internally interpret faith and socialize followers and externally decide its political positions with authorities, have yet to be comprehensively explored. By adopting an inter-religious comparison in Hong Kong, this article argues that religious institutions decided to take different positions in response to d…
After State Repression: Movement Abeyance in Hong Kong under the Enforcement of the National Security Law
The Chinese government has imposed the National Security Law which has resulted in Hong Kong formally entering into a phase of movement abeyance. By analysing 3377 posts on LIHKG Internet forum, this article re-explores the online protest attitude during this movement abeyance. The findings indicate that content creators are more attentive in regard to criticizing the legislation and pro-Beijing figures, followed by seeking international support …
Teaching political science in the age of internationalisation: A survey of local and international students
This article explores the issue of internationalisation in the teaching of political science at universities. We first provide an overview of the mix of courses in terms of geographical focus offered by high-ranking political science departments. Second, with survey data from students, we assess the factors affecting their attitudes towards area-specific and general politics courses. The results indicate that, compared to local students who prefe…
Warning signal: Political trust, typhoons and the myth of the ‘Li's field’ in Hong Kong
This article examines the discourse of ‘Li's Field’ in Hong Kong, named after tycoon Li Ka‐shing and used to satirically denounce the government‐business political nexus. The discourse challenges the apparent reluctance of the weather agency to decide that a typhoon is strong enough to warrant a city‐wide suspension of business activities, which would obviously be detrimental to capitalist interests. In comparison to the earlier period characteri…
Democracy, constitutional framework, and human rights: A comparison of Monaco, Tonga, Hong Kong, and Singapore
Academic Censorship in China: The Case of The China Quarterly
The recent censorship requests made by Chinese authorities to Western academic publishers have sent shockwaves throughout the academic world. This article examines the high-profile The China Quarterly incident as a case in point. Because the censorship is expected to be followed by similar demands to other publications, it is important for the academic community to explore the logic behind it. This research article provides a preliminary analysis…
Political repression in a sub-national hybrid regime: The PRC’s governing strategies in Hong Kong
Existing literature has long recognised that the Beijing government has utilised different strategies to suppress the opposition in Hong Kong. However, with the rise of localism against the Chinese government, the implications of such political repression require new exploration and insight. This article adopts Hale's analytical framework on political repression and argues that the Beijing government can comparatively tolerate an opposition fight…
State size and democratization in hybrid regimes: The Chinese island cities of Macau and Hong Kong
The effect of state size on level of democratization has been a topic of interest to political scientists. However, studies have largely focused on democratic regimes, leaving unexplored the implications of state size for the regime persistence of hybrid regimes. This article compares two Chinese island cities with hybrid regimes through political analysis supplemented by interviews, and argues that a smaller regime is more likely to be authorita…
Political Marketing in Macao
To what extent can political marketing narrow the legitimacy gap for a hybrid regime? This article examines this question through the case of Macao (2009–14). It finds that political marketing is insufficient to compensate for lack of democratic reform and may easily backfire to expose the problem of a structural legitimacy deficit
State-Society Conflict Radicalization in Hong Kong: The Rise of 'Anti-China' Sentiment and Radical Localism
Hong Kong has been facing an increasingly strong "anti-China" sentiment in recent years. More people are worried that existing Mainland-Hong Kong integration actually provides more opportunity for Beijing to exercise political control over Hong Kong, resulting in the loss of local identity. Political parties of the pan-democratic camp, which has been at the forefront of political activism since the 1980s, used to adopt a "milder" approach to oppo…
State-Society Conflict Radicalization in Hong Kong: The Rise of 'Anti-China' Sentiment and Radical Localism
Hong Kong has been facing an increasingly strong "anti-China" sentiment in recent years. More people are worried that existing Mainland-Hong Kong integration actually provides more opportunity for Beijing to exercise political control over Hong Kong, resulting in the loss of local identity. Political parties of the pan-democratic camp, which has been at the forefront of political activism since the 1980s, used to adopt a "milder" approach to oppo…
Political repression in a sub-national hybrid regime: The PRC’s governing strategies in Hong Kong
Existing literature has long recognised that the Beijing government has utilised different strategies to suppress the opposition in Hong Kong. However, with the rise of localism against the Chinese government, the implications of such political repression require new exploration and insight. This article adopts Hale's analytical framework on political repression and argues that the Beijing government can comparatively tolerate an opposition fight…
After State Repression: Movement Abeyance in Hong Kong under the Enforcement of the National Security Law
The Chinese government has imposed the National Security Law which has resulted in Hong Kong formally entering into a phase of movement abeyance. By analysing 3377 posts on LIHKG Internet forum, this article re-explores the online protest attitude during this movement abeyance. The findings indicate that content creators are more attentive in regard to criticizing the legislation and pro-Beijing figures, followed by seeking international support …
State size and democratization in hybrid regimes: The Chinese island cities of Macau and Hong Kong
The effect of state size on level of democratization has been a topic of interest to political scientists. However, studies have largely focused on democratic regimes, leaving unexplored the implications of state size for the regime persistence of hybrid regimes. This article compares two Chinese island cities with hybrid regimes through political analysis supplemented by interviews, and argues that a smaller regime is more likely to be authorita…
Academic Censorship in China: The Case of The China Quarterly
The recent censorship requests made by Chinese authorities to Western academic publishers have sent shockwaves throughout the academic world. This article examines the high-profile The China Quarterly incident as a case in point. Because the censorship is expected to be followed by similar demands to other publications, it is important for the academic community to explore the logic behind it. This research article provides a preliminary analysis…
The Legal Profession in Battle: Cause Lawyers Versus State-Embedded Lawyers in Hong Kong's Democratization
The existing literature has long recognized that cause lawyers play important roles in fighting for political justice. However, the implications of how the state responds to these lawyers have yet to be comprehensively explored. This article argues that the state in Hong Kong has co-opted “state-embedded lawyers” against cause lawyers for the counter-mobilizing of public opinion. Thus, both cause lawyers and state-embedded lawyers engage in polit…
Online counter‐mobilisation via social media: Exploration of pro‐regime opinion leaders in Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty
The literature has long recognised non‐democratic regimes that are increasingly using Internet manipulation to undermine the opposition. Apart from network control, content surveillance and paying for Internet commentators, the implications of the new trend of online counter‐mobilisation remain to be explored. By analysing 5124 YouTube videos of Hong Kong's Anti‐extradition Bill Protests, this study examines how pro‐regime opinion leaders counter…
Uncovering Economic Grievances behind Radical Protests: Revisiting People’s Support for the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong
The Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in 2019 sparked the most radical mass protests seen in Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty. Scholars have proposed various explanations for the radicalization of the protests, as well as for the mass support for this radicalization across various sectors of society. However, economic grievances have been relatively downplayed in attempts to understand the radical protests. Using data from a survey conduc…
Electoral Overhaul Under the Principle of “Patriots Governing Hong Kong: Implications for Pro-China Governing Coalition Re-building
Protests in Macao Under Chinese Sovereignty: Against the State or for the State
The existing literature on contentious politics has long centred on “state-challenging protests,” referring to resistance that denies state legitimacy. However, the implications of “state-engaging protests,” referring to protests that seek state assistance in what are essentially private disputes rather than challenging state legitimacy, have yet to be thoroughly explored. By analysing 2,364 protests in Macao, this study compares the trends and c…
Political Satire and Collective Reproduction: The Power of Political Nicknames in Hong Kong
The existing literature on political satire has focused primarily on the effects on audiences and their responses to satirical messages, neglecting the exploration of the implications of these effects. This article takes a reproduction perspective and argues that audiences regenerate and spread satirical messages to continuously denounce a political figure. By examining the circulation of “689,” the humorous nickname of former chief executive C. …
Political Positioning of Religious Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Existing literature has long debated on religious beliefs and democracy. However, the implications of religious institutions, which shall internally interpret faith and socialize followers and externally decide its political positions with authorities, have yet to be comprehensively explored. By adopting an inter-religious comparison in Hong Kong, this article argues that religious institutions decided to take different positions in response to d…
Democracy, constitutional framework, and human rights: A comparison of Monaco, Tonga, Hong Kong, and Singapore
State-Society Conflict Radicalization in Hong Kong: The Rise of 'Anti-China' Sentiment and Radical Localism
Hong Kong has been facing an increasingly strong "anti-China" sentiment in recent years. More people are worried that existing Mainland-Hong Kong integration actually provides more opportunity for Beijing to exercise political control over Hong Kong, resulting in the loss of local identity. Political parties of the pan-democratic camp, which has been at the forefront of political activism since the 1980s, used to adopt a "milder" approach to oppo…
State size and democratization in hybrid regimes: The Chinese island cities of Macau and Hong Kong
The effect of state size on level of democratization has been a topic of interest to political scientists. However, studies have largely focused on democratic regimes, leaving unexplored the implications of state size for the regime persistence of hybrid regimes. This article compares two Chinese island cities with hybrid regimes through political analysis supplemented by interviews, and argues that a smaller regime is more likely to be authorita…
Political Marketing in Macao
To what extent can political marketing narrow the legitimacy gap for a hybrid regime? This article examines this question through the case of Macao (2009–14). It finds that political marketing is insufficient to compensate for lack of democratic reform and may easily backfire to expose the problem of a structural legitimacy deficit
Political repression in a sub-national hybrid regime: The PRC’s governing strategies in Hong Kong
Existing literature has long recognised that the Beijing government has utilised different strategies to suppress the opposition in Hong Kong. However, with the rise of localism against the Chinese government, the implications of such political repression require new exploration and insight. This article adopts Hale's analytical framework on political repression and argues that the Beijing government can comparatively tolerate an opposition fight…
Academic Censorship in China: The Case of The China Quarterly
The recent censorship requests made by Chinese authorities to Western academic publishers have sent shockwaves throughout the academic world. This article examines the high-profile The China Quarterly incident as a case in point. Because the censorship is expected to be followed by similar demands to other publications, it is important for the academic community to explore the logic behind it. This research article provides a preliminary analysis…
Democracy, constitutional framework, and human rights: A comparison of Monaco, Tonga, Hong Kong, and Singapore
Warning signal: Political trust, typhoons and the myth of the ‘Li's field’ in Hong Kong
This article examines the discourse of ‘Li's Field’ in Hong Kong, named after tycoon Li Ka‐shing and used to satirically denounce the government‐business political nexus. The discourse challenges the apparent reluctance of the weather agency to decide that a typhoon is strong enough to warrant a city‐wide suspension of business activities, which would obviously be detrimental to capitalist interests. In comparison to the earlier period characteri…
Teaching political science in the age of internationalisation: A survey of local and international students
This article explores the issue of internationalisation in the teaching of political science at universities. We first provide an overview of the mix of courses in terms of geographical focus offered by high-ranking political science departments. Second, with survey data from students, we assess the factors affecting their attitudes towards area-specific and general politics courses. The results indicate that, compared to local students who prefe…
Foreign news, regime type, and framing of China: Comparing the world’s media interpretations of the Hong Kong National Security Law
The existing literature has recognized that democratic regimes tend to allow pluralistic media content, whereas authoritarian regimes mostly permit pro-regime media content. This discussion has long focused on domestic news at the national level. However, the implications of foreign news have seldom been explored. By examining the Hong Kong National Security Law, this article compares the world’s media interpretations of China. The findings show …
Online counter‐mobilisation via social media: Exploration of pro‐regime opinion leaders in Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty
The literature has long recognised non‐democratic regimes that are increasingly using Internet manipulation to undermine the opposition. Apart from network control, content surveillance and paying for Internet commentators, the implications of the new trend of online counter‐mobilisation remain to be explored. By analysing 5124 YouTube videos of Hong Kong's Anti‐extradition Bill Protests, this study examines how pro‐regime opinion leaders counter…
Political Positioning of Religious Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Existing literature has long debated on religious beliefs and democracy. However, the implications of religious institutions, which shall internally interpret faith and socialize followers and externally decide its political positions with authorities, have yet to be comprehensively explored. By adopting an inter-religious comparison in Hong Kong, this article argues that religious institutions decided to take different positions in response to d…
After State Repression: Movement Abeyance in Hong Kong under the Enforcement of the National Security Law
The Chinese government has imposed the National Security Law which has resulted in Hong Kong formally entering into a phase of movement abeyance. By analysing 3377 posts on LIHKG Internet forum, this article re-explores the online protest attitude during this movement abeyance. The findings indicate that content creators are more attentive in regard to criticizing the legislation and pro-Beijing figures, followed by seeking international support …
Political Satire and Collective Reproduction: The Power of Political Nicknames in Hong Kong
The existing literature on political satire has focused primarily on the effects on audiences and their responses to satirical messages, neglecting the exploration of the implications of these effects. This article takes a reproduction perspective and argues that audiences regenerate and spread satirical messages to continuously denounce a political figure. By examining the circulation of “689,” the humorous nickname of former chief executive C. …
Gambling Economy and Social Protests in Macao: A Happy Problem
Gambling has both negative and positive impacts on every economy. The existing literature of gambling-related protests has mostly centered on “cost-challenging protests,” referring to resistance against social costs such as legalized gambling, problem gambling, and environmental deterioration. In this article, we adopt alternative types of collective action, namely “benefit-sharing protests,” referring to those that seek state or casino companies…
The Legal Profession in Battle: Cause Lawyers Versus State-Embedded Lawyers in Hong Kong's Democratization
The existing literature has long recognized that cause lawyers play important roles in fighting for political justice. However, the implications of how the state responds to these lawyers have yet to be comprehensively explored. This article argues that the state in Hong Kong has co-opted “state-embedded lawyers” against cause lawyers for the counter-mobilizing of public opinion. Thus, both cause lawyers and state-embedded lawyers engage in polit…
Covid-19 Direct Relief Payments and Political and Economic Attitudes among Tertiary Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study
During the COVID-19 pandemic, ad hoc direct relief payments were used extensively as a means of economic stimulation and individual compensation. Current studies are focusing on the economic impact of these policies, but they seldom consider how these payments affect individual beliefs and attitudes. This study used a survey with quasi-experimental elements to examine how these payments affected tertiary students in Hong Kong by focusing primaril…
Why are Exit Voices Louder? Exploring the Rise of “Migrant Influencers” From Hong Kong
The literature on Hirschman's exit-voice dynamics has long argued that voice (protests) is more likely to be selected in public affairs. In nondemocratic regimes, however, the cost of voicing out is high so citizens opt for exit (emigration). This study identifies individuals who engage in “voices after exit” as “migrant influencers” who emigrate overseas for criticizing their home government. It analyzes prodemocracy influencers in Hong Kong, re…
Uncovering Economic Grievances behind Radical Protests: Revisiting People’s Support for the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong
The Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in 2019 sparked the most radical mass protests seen in Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty. Scholars have proposed various explanations for the radicalization of the protests, as well as for the mass support for this radicalization across various sectors of society. However, economic grievances have been relatively downplayed in attempts to understand the radical protests. Using data from a survey conduc…
Electoral Overhaul Under the Principle of “Patriots Governing Hong Kong: Implications for Pro-China Governing Coalition Re-building
Financial development, democracy, and income inequality
Does financial development increase income inequality? This topic is theoretically and practically significant given the surge in income inequality across most economies in recent decades and the costs associated with bailing out financial institutions that were ‘too big to fail’ during the 2008 global financial crisis. As the literature has yet to reach a consensus, this study examines the impact of financial development on income inequality by …
Protests in Macao Under Chinese Sovereignty: Against the State or for the State
The existing literature on contentious politics has long centred on “state-challenging protests,” referring to resistance that denies state legitimacy. However, the implications of “state-engaging protests,” referring to protests that seek state assistance in what are essentially private disputes rather than challenging state legitimacy, have yet to be thoroughly explored. By analysing 2,364 protests in Macao, this study compares the trends and c…
How Hong Kong Frames Taiwan in the National Security Law Era? A Comparative Study on Pro-Government and Pro-Democracy Online Influencers
In the National Security Law era, Taiwan politics have been carefully reported by mainstream media in Hong Kong. This study analyzes 3,800 YouTube videos, an alternative media, to compare how pro-government and pro-democracy influencers frame cross-strait relations and potential wars. The results indicate that videos about foreign military attract active audiences’ engagement from both sides, pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) videos receive …
Political science (19 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (17 works) · Law (15 works) · Politics (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Law (12 works) · Political economy (12 works) · Democracy (10 works) · China (8 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 works)