One Country, Two Nationalisms: Center-Periphery Relations between Mainland China and Hong Kong, 1997–2016

According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law, Hong Kong was to exercise a high degree of autonomy under the framework of "one country, two systems" after the British handover of its sovereignty to China in 1997. In the initial post-handover period, Beijing adopted a policy...

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Published inModern China Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 523 - 556
Main Author Fong, Brian C. H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2017
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Assimilation
Autonomy
Case studies
Center and periphery
Economic development
Handover
Intergovernmental relations
Law
Mobilization
Nationalism
Policy making
Sovereignty
State building
Hong Kong China
Beijing China
China
autonomy
Hong Kong
one country two systems
China
peripheral nationalism
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Summary:According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law, Hong Kong was to exercise a high degree of autonomy under the framework of "one country, two systems" after the British handover of its sovereignty to China in 1997. In the initial post-handover period, Beijing adopted a policy of nonintervention in Hong Kong, but the outbreak of the July 1, 2003 protest triggered a subsequent change of policy. Since then, Beijing has embarked on state-building nationalism, adopting incorporation strategies so as to subject Hong Kong to greater central control over the political, economic, and ideological arenas. Ironically, instead of successfully assimilating Hongkongese into one Chinese nation, Beijing's incorporation strategies are leading to a rise of peripheral nationalism in the city-state and waves of counter-mobilization. This article analyzes mainland–Hong Kong relations on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the handover and offers insights from an emerging case study that builds upon the nationalism literature.
ISSN:0097-7004
1552-6836
DOI:10.1177/0097700417691470