Since the 1997 transfer of Hong Kong’s sovereignty from the UK to PRC, the Chinese state and the people of Hong Kong have sharply diverged in how they view the city’s place within the nation-state, and its people’s place within Chinese national identity. This piece explores the roots of that divergence, tracing how competing notions of identity and autonomy have shaped Hong Kong’s postcolonial history. [...]
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