Ray Yep
Biographic Data
| ID | 731139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ray Yep |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ray |
| FAMILY NAME | Yep |
| SIGNATURE | YEP R |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1617-2961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Redeveloping China’s Villages in the Twenty-First Century
Hong Kong Public and Squatting Housing
Local alliances in rural urbanization
The relocation of peasants to high-rise buildings is the latest strategy deployed to feed the insatiable hunger for land in China. To free up more land for construction, Chinese peasants are encouraged to abandon their traditional homes and move into newly built high-rise modern apartments. A central feature of this distinctive form of rural urbanization is the transferability of land development rights across the rural-urban divide. Like most po…
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Hong Kong
Elevating the peasants into high-rise apartments
Filling the Institutional Void in Rural Land Markets in Southern China
Deng Xiaoping's market reforms have unleashed an irresistible drive towards urban expansion in China over the last three decades. Yet despite the relentless expansion of urban boundaries and the rapid growth of a property market in China, land transactions that involve the surrender of land leases by Chinese peasants are conducted in an unstable institutional setting. Increasingly, people are questioning the existing regulatory framework for rura…
The crusade against corruption in Hong Kong in the 1970s
The creation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in February 1974 was arguably one of the most important developments in Hong Kong since 1945. Not only did major corruption syndicates disappear from the fabric of public administration in the colony, but the popular acceptance of bribery as a component of social life also faded away. Sir Murray MacLehose, who served as Governor of Hong Kong between 1971 and 1982, was regarded b…
Containing Land Grabs
To a certain extent, a more stringent regime for requisition of rural land may help protect the interests of peasants. There is, however, a hierarchy of income opportunity in the countryside as a result of diversification of rural economic structure in reform China. The varying degree of land dependence renders a contrasting calculation on the value of land lease among Chinese peasants. For peasants in the more prosperous regions, the conflicts a…
Cultural Revolution in Hong Kong
The rule of law has always been cherished as one of the key institutions central to the successful transformation of Hong Kong from 'a barren rock' into a global city. The colonial administration's respect for the principles of the rule of law, however, has been tested by sporadic political turbulence during the 150 years of British rule. Due process of law and other key principles of English laws have been compromised by political expediency whe…
Understanding the autonomy of Hong Kong from historical and comparative perspectives
The exercise of autonomy is a product of the political process of mutual learning by the center and the periphery. Propriety of action and response from both sides is not judged simply on the basis of formal legal permissibility, but is also deciphered with reference to experience in previous encounters. Earlier exchanges and responses to interactions create institutional memory, protocols for action, and limits to legitimate expectations. For bo…
Revisiting the golden era of MacLehose and the dynamics of social reforms
The so-called "MacLehose era" has been fondly remembered as a period marking the turning point in colonial rule in Hong Kong and its socioeconomic development in the postwar decades. This article, however, argues that it was London's initiatives summarized in the document Hong Kong Planning Paper that accounted for the acceleration of social reforms in the 1970s. Contrary to popular perception, MacLehose, who was beholden to local constraints, ap…
May Days in Hong Kong
In this study of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, the authors shed new light on their causes, their impact on future government policy and on Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory
May Days in Hong Kong
In this study of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, the authors of May Days in Hong Kong shed new light on their causes, their impact on future government policy and on Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory. This is the first sustained exploration of the anti-colonial campaign that was inspired by the Cultural Revolution in China, recent events i…
Global Capital and Media Control
Enhancing the redistributive capacity of the Chinese state? Impact of fiscal reforms on county finance
Many observers contend that fiscal deprivation of the centre in reform China is detrimental to the overall capacity of the Chinese state, and thus the danger of national disintegration cannot be discarded. One relevant concern here is the obligation of the state to redress socio-economic dislocations, of which growing regional inequality is a major issue. The Tax Sharing Scheme introduced in 1994 represents the most colossal effort to redress the…
Globalization and state capacity in Asia
During the critical years of the 1980s and early 1990s, reducing the size of the state sector was a very dominant theme, especially when a number of former socialist countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa began moving beyond authoritarian rule to become more democratized polities. Such a political transformation is regarded by Huntington (1991) as a ‘third wave’ of democratization. Criticizing the state-centred approach for causing inefficie…
Money, power and ideas
English A comparative study of Taiwan and Hong Kong shows that the business response to political changes and changing state–business relations are crucial factors in determining think tank development. Amid rapid democratisation, business tycoons in Taiwan actively fund think tanks to pursue their own policy agenda and improve their political leverage. In contrast, institution of a state–corporatist framework and arrested democratisation have pe…
Government and Market in China
From Mao to Market
After 1997
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRay YepWe gratefully acknowledge project funding through a City University of Hong Kong Direct Allocation Grant, and thank Yu To-ming for excellent research assistance
Globalization and Reunification
When Hong Kong reintegrated with China in 1997, one critical issue was whether the flourishing center of economic activity with an efficient administrative framework would lose its advantages and become just another city of the People's Republic of China. This article examines the process of managing transition as socialist China tries to accommodate capitalist Hong Kong. With strong forces of globalization at play, both units have had to embark …
A High Degree of Autonomy? Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997–2002
Checking Predatory Cadres
The Evolution of Shareholding Enterprise Reform in Rural China
hareholding reform is one of the preferred prescriptions for revitalizing S the efficiency of public enterprises in reform China. The idea has been received favourably by Chinese economists and Party leaders2 and gradual reform measures encompassing this idea have been introduced since the early 1990s.3 The concern of this paper is with its application in the countryside. By 1995, 12 percent of all enterprises owned by townships or villages in ru…
The Limitations of Corporatism for Understanding Reforming China
This paper challenges the usefulness of the notion of corporatism in conceptualizing the changing state‐society relationship in China. Based on an empirical analysis of the pattern of state‐business interaction in Huantai county, Shandong, it argues that though corporatism may exist in form, it does not exist in essence. The political reality in China differs from the corporatist description on two counts: business organizations do not function a…
Elevating the peasants into high-rise apartments
Revisiting the golden era of MacLehose and the dynamics of social reforms
The so-called "MacLehose era" has been fondly remembered as a period marking the turning point in colonial rule in Hong Kong and its socioeconomic development in the postwar decades. This article, however, argues that it was London's initiatives summarized in the document Hong Kong Planning Paper that accounted for the acceleration of social reforms in the 1970s. Contrary to popular perception, MacLehose, who was beholden to local constraints, ap…
Containing Land Grabs
To a certain extent, a more stringent regime for requisition of rural land may help protect the interests of peasants. There is, however, a hierarchy of income opportunity in the countryside as a result of diversification of rural economic structure in reform China. The varying degree of land dependence renders a contrasting calculation on the value of land lease among Chinese peasants. For peasants in the more prosperous regions, the conflicts a…
Cultural Revolution in Hong Kong
The rule of law has always been cherished as one of the key institutions central to the successful transformation of Hong Kong from 'a barren rock' into a global city. The colonial administration's respect for the principles of the rule of law, however, has been tested by sporadic political turbulence during the 150 years of British rule. Due process of law and other key principles of English laws have been compromised by political expediency whe…
Filling the Institutional Void in Rural Land Markets in Southern China
Deng Xiaoping's market reforms have unleashed an irresistible drive towards urban expansion in China over the last three decades. Yet despite the relentless expansion of urban boundaries and the rapid growth of a property market in China, land transactions that involve the surrender of land leases by Chinese peasants are conducted in an unstable institutional setting. Increasingly, people are questioning the existing regulatory framework for rura…
After 1997
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRay YepWe gratefully acknowledge project funding through a City University of Hong Kong Direct Allocation Grant, and thank Yu To-ming for excellent research assistance
The Limitations of Corporatism for Understanding Reforming China
This paper challenges the usefulness of the notion of corporatism in conceptualizing the changing state‐society relationship in China. Based on an empirical analysis of the pattern of state‐business interaction in Huantai county, Shandong, it argues that though corporatism may exist in form, it does not exist in essence. The political reality in China differs from the corporatist description on two counts: business organizations do not function a…
A High Degree of Autonomy? Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997–2002
The crusade against corruption in Hong Kong in the 1970s
The creation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in February 1974 was arguably one of the most important developments in Hong Kong since 1945. Not only did major corruption syndicates disappear from the fabric of public administration in the colony, but the popular acceptance of bribery as a component of social life also faded away. Sir Murray MacLehose, who served as Governor of Hong Kong between 1971 and 1982, was regarded b…
Globalization and state capacity in Asia
During the critical years of the 1980s and early 1990s, reducing the size of the state sector was a very dominant theme, especially when a number of former socialist countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa began moving beyond authoritarian rule to become more democratized polities. Such a political transformation is regarded by Huntington (1991) as a ‘third wave’ of democratization. Criticizing the state-centred approach for causing inefficie…
Local alliances in rural urbanization
The relocation of peasants to high-rise buildings is the latest strategy deployed to feed the insatiable hunger for land in China. To free up more land for construction, Chinese peasants are encouraged to abandon their traditional homes and move into newly built high-rise modern apartments. A central feature of this distinctive form of rural urbanization is the transferability of land development rights across the rural-urban divide. Like most po…
Enhancing the redistributive capacity of the Chinese state? Impact of fiscal reforms on county finance
Many observers contend that fiscal deprivation of the centre in reform China is detrimental to the overall capacity of the Chinese state, and thus the danger of national disintegration cannot be discarded. One relevant concern here is the obligation of the state to redress socio-economic dislocations, of which growing regional inequality is a major issue. The Tax Sharing Scheme introduced in 1994 represents the most colossal effort to redress the…
Money, power and ideas
English A comparative study of Taiwan and Hong Kong shows that the business response to political changes and changing state–business relations are crucial factors in determining think tank development. Amid rapid democratisation, business tycoons in Taiwan actively fund think tanks to pursue their own policy agenda and improve their political leverage. In contrast, institution of a state–corporatist framework and arrested democratisation have pe…
The Evolution of Shareholding Enterprise Reform in Rural China
hareholding reform is one of the preferred prescriptions for revitalizing S the efficiency of public enterprises in reform China. The idea has been received favourably by Chinese economists and Party leaders2 and gradual reform measures encompassing this idea have been introduced since the early 1990s.3 The concern of this paper is with its application in the countryside. By 1995, 12 percent of all enterprises owned by townships or villages in ru…
The Limitations of Corporatism for Understanding Reforming China
This paper challenges the usefulness of the notion of corporatism in conceptualizing the changing state‐society relationship in China. Based on an empirical analysis of the pattern of state‐business interaction in Huantai county, Shandong, it argues that though corporatism may exist in form, it does not exist in essence. The political reality in China differs from the corporatist description on two counts: business organizations do not function a…
The Evolution of Shareholding Enterprise Reform in Rural China
hareholding reform is one of the preferred prescriptions for revitalizing S the efficiency of public enterprises in reform China. The idea has been received favourably by Chinese economists and Party leaders2 and gradual reform measures encompassing this idea have been introduced since the early 1990s.3 The concern of this paper is with its application in the countryside. By 1995, 12 percent of all enterprises owned by townships or villages in ru…
A High Degree of Autonomy? Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997–2002
Checking Predatory Cadres
Globalization and Reunification
When Hong Kong reintegrated with China in 1997, one critical issue was whether the flourishing center of economic activity with an efficient administrative framework would lose its advantages and become just another city of the People's Republic of China. This article examines the process of managing transition as socialist China tries to accommodate capitalist Hong Kong. With strong forces of globalization at play, both units have had to embark …
After 1997
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRay YepWe gratefully acknowledge project funding through a City University of Hong Kong Direct Allocation Grant, and thank Yu To-ming for excellent research assistance
Government and Market in China
From Mao to Market
Money, power and ideas
English A comparative study of Taiwan and Hong Kong shows that the business response to political changes and changing state–business relations are crucial factors in determining think tank development. Amid rapid democratisation, business tycoons in Taiwan actively fund think tanks to pursue their own policy agenda and improve their political leverage. In contrast, institution of a state–corporatist framework and arrested democratisation have pe…
Global Capital and Media Control
Enhancing the redistributive capacity of the Chinese state? Impact of fiscal reforms on county finance
Many observers contend that fiscal deprivation of the centre in reform China is detrimental to the overall capacity of the Chinese state, and thus the danger of national disintegration cannot be discarded. One relevant concern here is the obligation of the state to redress socio-economic dislocations, of which growing regional inequality is a major issue. The Tax Sharing Scheme introduced in 1994 represents the most colossal effort to redress the…
Globalization and state capacity in Asia
During the critical years of the 1980s and early 1990s, reducing the size of the state sector was a very dominant theme, especially when a number of former socialist countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa began moving beyond authoritarian rule to become more democratized polities. Such a political transformation is regarded by Huntington (1991) as a ‘third wave’ of democratization. Criticizing the state-centred approach for causing inefficie…
May Days in Hong Kong
In this study of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, the authors shed new light on their causes, their impact on future government policy and on Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory
May Days in Hong Kong
In this study of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, the authors of May Days in Hong Kong shed new light on their causes, their impact on future government policy and on Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory. This is the first sustained exploration of the anti-colonial campaign that was inspired by the Cultural Revolution in China, recent events i…
Understanding the autonomy of Hong Kong from historical and comparative perspectives
The exercise of autonomy is a product of the political process of mutual learning by the center and the periphery. Propriety of action and response from both sides is not judged simply on the basis of formal legal permissibility, but is also deciphered with reference to experience in previous encounters. Earlier exchanges and responses to interactions create institutional memory, protocols for action, and limits to legitimate expectations. For bo…
Revisiting the golden era of MacLehose and the dynamics of social reforms
The so-called "MacLehose era" has been fondly remembered as a period marking the turning point in colonial rule in Hong Kong and its socioeconomic development in the postwar decades. This article, however, argues that it was London's initiatives summarized in the document Hong Kong Planning Paper that accounted for the acceleration of social reforms in the 1970s. Contrary to popular perception, MacLehose, who was beholden to local constraints, ap…
Containing Land Grabs
To a certain extent, a more stringent regime for requisition of rural land may help protect the interests of peasants. There is, however, a hierarchy of income opportunity in the countryside as a result of diversification of rural economic structure in reform China. The varying degree of land dependence renders a contrasting calculation on the value of land lease among Chinese peasants. For peasants in the more prosperous regions, the conflicts a…
Cultural Revolution in Hong Kong
The rule of law has always been cherished as one of the key institutions central to the successful transformation of Hong Kong from 'a barren rock' into a global city. The colonial administration's respect for the principles of the rule of law, however, has been tested by sporadic political turbulence during the 150 years of British rule. Due process of law and other key principles of English laws have been compromised by political expediency whe…
The crusade against corruption in Hong Kong in the 1970s
The creation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in February 1974 was arguably one of the most important developments in Hong Kong since 1945. Not only did major corruption syndicates disappear from the fabric of public administration in the colony, but the popular acceptance of bribery as a component of social life also faded away. Sir Murray MacLehose, who served as Governor of Hong Kong between 1971 and 1982, was regarded b…
Filling the Institutional Void in Rural Land Markets in Southern China
Deng Xiaoping's market reforms have unleashed an irresistible drive towards urban expansion in China over the last three decades. Yet despite the relentless expansion of urban boundaries and the rapid growth of a property market in China, land transactions that involve the surrender of land leases by Chinese peasants are conducted in an unstable institutional setting. Increasingly, people are questioning the existing regulatory framework for rura…
Elevating the peasants into high-rise apartments
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Hong Kong
Local alliances in rural urbanization
The relocation of peasants to high-rise buildings is the latest strategy deployed to feed the insatiable hunger for land in China. To free up more land for construction, Chinese peasants are encouraged to abandon their traditional homes and move into newly built high-rise modern apartments. A central feature of this distinctive form of rural urbanization is the transferability of land development rights across the rural-urban divide. Like most po…
Hong Kong Public and Squatting Housing
Redeveloping China’s Villages in the Twenty-First Century
Political science (20 works) · Law (17 works) · Law (15 works) · China (12 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (12 works) · Economics (12 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Economic system (7 works)