Hong Kong occupies a unique place in history; it exists as a city with an expiration date. In his films, Wong Kar-wai is known for exploring the idea of deja desparu—the already disappeared. In the Mood for Love was his first film following the 1997 transition, when the city changed from being a colony of Great Britain to the Special Administrative Region of China. The film explores the post-1997 mood and experiences a true sense of nostalgia, not for the past, but for that which could have been
Hong Kong was taken controlled by the British government because of the following treaty the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Treaty of Beijing in 1860 and the convention for the extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898. The colonization of Hong Kong started from the Opium War that the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had been ceded to UK in perpetuity. Because of the failure in the Second Opium War, both sides signed a treaty that the New Territories was leased 99 years by Chinese Empire to the British
are more and more co-operations between Hong Kong and Mainland China firms since The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government signed "Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement" in 2003. In this report, we will talk about a Hong Kong based company, 3 Hong Kong Limited which is a Hong Kong telecommunication service supplier, what business opportunities it has in Mainland China under CEPA. Also, we will recommend it to co-operate with China Telecom Global Limited, a telecommunication
outset, the British foundation has complicated the Hong Kong residents’ identity and relationship to the rest of China. The Communist Party allowed a one-country, two-system created an empire-like association of Hong Kong natives to the state of China. The Hong Kong demonstrators want “a free and direct election of the chief executive in 2017” (Wong 2014). Yet, many critics think that Hong Kong citizens already have a lot of freedoms. While Hong Kong strives for a more democratic rule, critics form
Research Proposal: Container Port Competition Between China and Hong Kong Synopsis The research that is proposed here centers on the relationship that exists between the ports in Hong Kong and China, specifically South China, in terms of their competition with each other and their level of cooperation. Competitive strategies and degrees of cooperation have been changing drastically in the past few decades as the region and more of the world has opened up to trade, and dealing with capacity issues
happened between China and Hong Kong. Without questioning, one of the most influential incidents happened during this period of time was Hong Kong’s reunion with China in July 1997; it transformed Hong Kong from a colonial dependent territory to a Chinese administration region. The local Hong Kong people felt disoriented of their futures and many of them came to the question of their national identities; it is because the different political and educational system between Hong Kong and China makes the
historical aspect, the society of Hong Kong inherited characteristic from the British colonial era but still the influence of China is heavy. Hong Kong has a closely connection with mainland China due to geographical proximity and 95% Chinese immigrants with of its population help to maintain the identity among Chinese in Hong Kong, despite they tend to blend of both oriental and Western elements(Tsu, 2014). Although the British colonial government in Hong Kong did not have any intention to fade
BACKGROUND Hong Kong, is located on the southeast coast of China, the diplomatic location of Hong Kong on the South China Sea and Pearl River Delta helps it to become one of the world growing and worldly cities (Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2015). Before 18th century, Hong Kong was still an agricultural and manufacturing industries. In early 80’s to late 90’s, Hong Kong lost the comparative advantage in manufacturing as the opening up and reformation of the Mainland China, but the comparative advantage
colonialism within the broader globalization processes of industrialization and deindustrialization in Hong Kong? Globalization is manifesting itself as a result of colonial processes. The effects of Hong Kong’s colonial history are still present as it is not its own independent city-state and currently has semi-autonomous rule under mainland China. After giving a brief history on colonial Hong Kong, I will be focusing on the Sino-British Agreement of 1984 and its subsequent effects on the city’s decolonization
The Sociology of music has become a hot-button field of study in worldwide in recent years. The purpose of this research essay is to explore the connections between music and political conflict between Hong Kong and China. Through understanding the current conflict circumstance arose in Hong Kong and China, I intend to demonstrate the penetrating power of music, as a social transmitter of messages, within the society. Besides, it is also important to understand the perspective of different actors