TY - CHAP
T1 - The Rise of Hong Kong and the Problem of Alignment
AU - Liang, Wayne Wen-chun
AU - Ki, Magdalen
PY - 2025/6/19
Y1 - 2025/6/19
N2 - Hong Kong’s evolution from a small fishing village to a migrant society and a special administrative region of China has been shaped by various disruptive forces. This chapter employs John W. Berry’s four-factor AIMS model—namely, separation, assimilation, marginalization, and integration—to analyze how Hong Kong people adopted multiple alignments to accommodate Mainland China, as well as local, global, and minority interests, customs, and ideologies. Successful realignment means that the city embraces multifaceted integrationism, welcoming sociopolitical and cultural integrity while respecting differences, thus ensuring Hong Kong’s societal stability and allowing each component to function as an integral part of the whole.
AB - Hong Kong’s evolution from a small fishing village to a migrant society and a special administrative region of China has been shaped by various disruptive forces. This chapter employs John W. Berry’s four-factor AIMS model—namely, separation, assimilation, marginalization, and integration—to analyze how Hong Kong people adopted multiple alignments to accommodate Mainland China, as well as local, global, and minority interests, customs, and ideologies. Successful realignment means that the city embraces multifaceted integrationism, welcoming sociopolitical and cultural integrity while respecting differences, thus ensuring Hong Kong’s societal stability and allowing each component to function as an integral part of the whole.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004728608_003
DO - 10.1163/9789004728608_003
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004727243
T3 - Hong Kong Culture and Literature
SP - 11
EP - 35
BT - Hong Kong Studies
A2 - Ki, Magdalen
A2 - Liang, Wayne Wen-chun
PB - Brill
ER -