Local Versus National Identity in Hong Kong, 1998-2017

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ID3985481
AutoresKevin Tze-Wai Wong, Kevin Wong (0000-0002-1820-7013, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, autor de correspondencia), Victor Zheng (0000-0001-9640-2204, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China), Po-San Wan (Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China), Po‐san Wan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Año2021
Volumen51
Número5
Páginas803-827
Fecha de publicación2021-10-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472336.2020.1799235
OpenAlexW3047686436
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas37

In understanding why the proportion of Hong Kong people whose local identity overshadows their national identity has been increasing in the past decade, two perspectives have been considered: the birth cohort and the periodic perspectives. However, because previous studies have been based on cross-sectional surveys, they have failed to examine both cohort and period effects on trends in identification in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional survey approach has two limitations: (i) an inability to distinguish the net effects of cohort from that of age, in that there is an exact linear dependency between age and cohort; and (ii) a lack of information on periodic variables. In order to overcome these limitations, this article is based on a pooled dataset of longitudinal surveys combined with official statistics from 1998 to 2017 and employs an age-period-cohort analysis. It is found that both cohort and period effects have contributed to the strengthening of local identity in the past decade. Those born in the 1980s or later are more likely to identify as Hongkongers than as Chinese. An influx of tourists from mainland China and a decrease in satisfaction with the central government have also contributed to the rise of a local over a national identity

China · Cohort · Cohort effect · Geography · Identity (music · Mainland · Mainland China · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia