Wai‐chi Chee
Biographic Data
| ID | 649067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wai‐chi Chee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wai‐chi |
| FAMILY NAME | Chee |
| SIGNATURE | CHEE W C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3874-1002 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Intensification of traditional mothering ideals in migration contexts
Navigating islamic enclosure and cosmopolitan space
How family policies redefine families
During China's one‐child policy era (1979–2015), birth tourism in Hong Kong (HK) became a way for Chinese parents who wanted more children to avoid the regulations. From 2003 to 2012, about 200,000 babies were born in HK to mainland Chinese parents. This paper explores how the one‐child policy, migration regulations, and welfare provision jointly influence family practices of mainland parents who gave birth in HK. Data are drawn from ethnographic…
The National as Global, the Global as National
Local and Global, but Not national
This article examines how schools in Hong Kong attempt to craft South Asian migrant students into desirable citizens and how the youths understand themselves as members of Hong Kong and of a global community. The contestation has to do both with how South Asians are viewed in Hong Kong and with how post-colonial Hong Kong is related to China. The process of citizen-making of transnational youths, I argue, is best understood at the local-national-…
Lose at the Starting Line, Win at the Finishing Line
Salivary steroid hormone responses to dyadic table tennis competitions among Hong Kongese juvenile boys
Findings show that juvenile boys' steroid hormone responses during dyadic athletic competition differ in comparison to adult males, in whom cortisol and testosterone tend to rise. Lack of significant DHEA and androstenedione change during the table tennis competition differs from our previous work that showed DHEA and androstenedione were sensitive to more physically taxing forms of athletic competition (eg, soccer). These results are discussed i…
Experienced Efficacy and Experimented Efficacy
The last two decades have seen the legislation and institutionalization of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong. This study examines the transformation wrought by these changes through the life story of a practitioner of Chinese medicine, in his sixties, who claims to be a zǔchuán zhōngyī (祖傳中醫, literally "inherited Chinese medicine practitioner"), meaning that the practice has been handed down from generation to generation in the family. Drawing on ora…
Coalitional Physical Competition
Opportunities, challenges, and transitions
Through the experiences of Pakistani-migrant families in Hong Kong, this paper explores ethnic minority students’ aspirations for education, work and the future in a context where education is highly valued but also extremely competitive. The first part depicts how Pakistani youth and their parents articulate their aspirations and opportunities and investigates the sociopolitical changes in education that are creating new opportunities for young …
Trapped in the current of mobilities
The complexities of Mainland Chinese pregnant women travelling to Hong Kong to give birth illustrate the power of the border, and the infrastructural elements that circumscribe border crossing experiences. Their stories demonstrate how infrastructures may emerge in relation to each other and in response to human activities to shape mobilities and immobilities. This article informs the interweaving of mobilities and immobilities of how initial mov…
The perceived role of religion in the educational attainment of Pakistani immigrant secondary students in Hong Kong
The academic underachievement of ethnic minorities, especially Pakistanis, in Hong Kong is well-recognized. This is stereotypically attributed to Islamic practices that are perceived to impede education, yet the voices of Pakistani parents and children are seldom heard. This research seeks to illuminate how Pakistani Muslim immigrant students and their parents understand the role of religion in education. The key finding highlights how both paren…
Negotiating teacher professionalism
This research investigates how the Hong Kong state controls and disciplines the education sector through the regulation and manipulation of discourses. The authoritative narratives are that some schools are failing the students and parents for not being able to provide quality education, and that these schools are not subject to public scrutiny while spending public money. This article seeks to understand the role of such narratives in neoliberal…
Envisioned Belonging
The educational prospects and integration of school-age immigrants, especially for ethnic and linguistic minorities, have been a major issue roiling the education systems and polities of an ever-growing list of receiving societies around the world. Many studies focus on cultural disparities between public schooling and ethnic minorities to explain the non-adaptation and disproportionate educational failures among certain groups of immigrant stude…
Neoliberalism and Multicultural Education
In Singapore, wearing the tudung (Muslim headscarf) to public schools is not allowed because, the Singaporean government argues, this will jeopardize Singapore's racial balance. Wearing the hijab to state schools is also prohibited in France, given secularism as state policy. The Hong Kong government, in contrast, does not ban wearing ethnic/religious clothing to public sector schools, and claims that accommodating diversity is a manifestation of…
Envisioned Belonging
The educational prospects and integration of school-age immigrants, especially for ethnic and linguistic minorities, have been a major issue roiling the education systems and polities of an ever-growing list of receiving societies around the world. Many studies focus on cultural disparities between public schooling and ethnic minorities to explain the non-adaptation and disproportionate educational failures among certain groups of immigrant stude…
Opportunities, challenges, and transitions
Through the experiences of Pakistani-migrant families in Hong Kong, this paper explores ethnic minority students’ aspirations for education, work and the future in a context where education is highly valued but also extremely competitive. The first part depicts how Pakistani youth and their parents articulate their aspirations and opportunities and investigates the sociopolitical changes in education that are creating new opportunities for young …
Trapped in the current of mobilities
The complexities of Mainland Chinese pregnant women travelling to Hong Kong to give birth illustrate the power of the border, and the infrastructural elements that circumscribe border crossing experiences. Their stories demonstrate how infrastructures may emerge in relation to each other and in response to human activities to shape mobilities and immobilities. This article informs the interweaving of mobilities and immobilities of how initial mov…
Lose at the Starting Line, Win at the Finishing Line
Negotiating teacher professionalism
This research investigates how the Hong Kong state controls and disciplines the education sector through the regulation and manipulation of discourses. The authoritative narratives are that some schools are failing the students and parents for not being able to provide quality education, and that these schools are not subject to public scrutiny while spending public money. This article seeks to understand the role of such narratives in neoliberal…
How family policies redefine families
During China's one‐child policy era (1979–2015), birth tourism in Hong Kong (HK) became a way for Chinese parents who wanted more children to avoid the regulations. From 2003 to 2012, about 200,000 babies were born in HK to mainland Chinese parents. This paper explores how the one‐child policy, migration regulations, and welfare provision jointly influence family practices of mainland parents who gave birth in HK. Data are drawn from ethnographic…
Local and Global, but Not national
This article examines how schools in Hong Kong attempt to craft South Asian migrant students into desirable citizens and how the youths understand themselves as members of Hong Kong and of a global community. The contestation has to do both with how South Asians are viewed in Hong Kong and with how post-colonial Hong Kong is related to China. The process of citizen-making of transnational youths, I argue, is best understood at the local-national-…
Coalitional Physical Competition
The National as Global, the Global as National
Neoliberalism and Multicultural Education
In Singapore, wearing the tudung (Muslim headscarf) to public schools is not allowed because, the Singaporean government argues, this will jeopardize Singapore's racial balance. Wearing the hijab to state schools is also prohibited in France, given secularism as state policy. The Hong Kong government, in contrast, does not ban wearing ethnic/religious clothing to public sector schools, and claims that accommodating diversity is a manifestation of…
Negotiating teacher professionalism
This research investigates how the Hong Kong state controls and disciplines the education sector through the regulation and manipulation of discourses. The authoritative narratives are that some schools are failing the students and parents for not being able to provide quality education, and that these schools are not subject to public scrutiny while spending public money. This article seeks to understand the role of such narratives in neoliberal…
Envisioned Belonging
The educational prospects and integration of school-age immigrants, especially for ethnic and linguistic minorities, have been a major issue roiling the education systems and polities of an ever-growing list of receiving societies around the world. Many studies focus on cultural disparities between public schooling and ethnic minorities to explain the non-adaptation and disproportionate educational failures among certain groups of immigrant stude…
The perceived role of religion in the educational attainment of Pakistani immigrant secondary students in Hong Kong
The academic underachievement of ethnic minorities, especially Pakistanis, in Hong Kong is well-recognized. This is stereotypically attributed to Islamic practices that are perceived to impede education, yet the voices of Pakistani parents and children are seldom heard. This research seeks to illuminate how Pakistani Muslim immigrant students and their parents understand the role of religion in education. The key finding highlights how both paren…
Opportunities, challenges, and transitions
Through the experiences of Pakistani-migrant families in Hong Kong, this paper explores ethnic minority students’ aspirations for education, work and the future in a context where education is highly valued but also extremely competitive. The first part depicts how Pakistani youth and their parents articulate their aspirations and opportunities and investigates the sociopolitical changes in education that are creating new opportunities for young …
Trapped in the current of mobilities
The complexities of Mainland Chinese pregnant women travelling to Hong Kong to give birth illustrate the power of the border, and the infrastructural elements that circumscribe border crossing experiences. Their stories demonstrate how infrastructures may emerge in relation to each other and in response to human activities to shape mobilities and immobilities. This article informs the interweaving of mobilities and immobilities of how initial mov…
Salivary steroid hormone responses to dyadic table tennis competitions among Hong Kongese juvenile boys
Findings show that juvenile boys' steroid hormone responses during dyadic athletic competition differ in comparison to adult males, in whom cortisol and testosterone tend to rise. Lack of significant DHEA and androstenedione change during the table tennis competition differs from our previous work that showed DHEA and androstenedione were sensitive to more physically taxing forms of athletic competition (eg, soccer). These results are discussed i…
Experienced Efficacy and Experimented Efficacy
The last two decades have seen the legislation and institutionalization of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong. This study examines the transformation wrought by these changes through the life story of a practitioner of Chinese medicine, in his sixties, who claims to be a zǔchuán zhōngyī (祖傳中醫, literally "inherited Chinese medicine practitioner"), meaning that the practice has been handed down from generation to generation in the family. Drawing on ora…
Coalitional Physical Competition
Lose at the Starting Line, Win at the Finishing Line
The National as Global, the Global as National
Local and Global, but Not national
This article examines how schools in Hong Kong attempt to craft South Asian migrant students into desirable citizens and how the youths understand themselves as members of Hong Kong and of a global community. The contestation has to do both with how South Asians are viewed in Hong Kong and with how post-colonial Hong Kong is related to China. The process of citizen-making of transnational youths, I argue, is best understood at the local-national-…
How family policies redefine families
During China's one‐child policy era (1979–2015), birth tourism in Hong Kong (HK) became a way for Chinese parents who wanted more children to avoid the regulations. From 2003 to 2012, about 200,000 babies were born in HK to mainland Chinese parents. This paper explores how the one‐child policy, migration regulations, and welfare provision jointly influence family practices of mainland parents who gave birth in HK. Data are drawn from ethnographic…
Navigating islamic enclosure and cosmopolitan space
Intensification of traditional mothering ideals in migration contexts
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 works) · China (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works)