(Post)coloniality as a Chinese state of exception1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4744376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wai Kit Choi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 391-411 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postcolonial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-8790 • E-ISSN: 1466-1888 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13688790701621409 |
| OpenAlex | W2064429932 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The recent trend of class polarization in Hong Kong began in the 1990s and has continued unabated after the handover of the city-state to China. It has often been pointed out that this trend, as reflected in the growth in income inequality and the demise of the middle class, is a result of Hong Kong's structural transformation from an export-led manufacturing power to a business service-based economy. The restructuring of the economy is indeed fundamental but I will argue that this is not a ‘natural’ but a mediated process conditioned by the postcolonial ruling elites’ insistence on a development strategy originating in colonial governance. The rise of Donal Tsang Yam-kuen as the second Chief Executive and the continuing political influence of other former colonial administrators reveal a key feature of post-1997 Hong Kong up to the present moment—the persistence of colonial governmentality in the postcolonial era. Drawing on the works of Giorgio Agamben, Wang hui and Aihwa Ong, I will suggest that this specific form of re-unification reflects the normalization of Hong Kong as an ‘exception’ within the Chinese state-system
China · Colonialism · Corporate governance · Demise · Economics · Economy · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |