Abstract
Following a court ruling that babies born to mainlanders in Hong Kong are permanent residents, private hospitals cashed in by expanding services and raising fees, leading to an outburst of anti–mainland Chinese sentiment. This study challenges conventional accounts of intergroup conflicts highlighting economic contradictions between in-group and out-group or faulting the state for blaming local problems on the out-group.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 348-368 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Asian Survey |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2016 |
User-Defined Keywords
- intergroup conflict
- profit seeking
- health care
- Hong Kong