Discursive Change in Hong Kong

Jennifer Eagleton

doi:10.5771/9781793630858

Summary

Discursive Change in Hong Kong: Sociopolitical Dynamics, Metaphor, and One Country, Two Systems is an interdisciplinary study of sociopolitical and discursive change in Hong Kong—a westernized Chinese society once under British rule, now decolonized but without independence, and with a constitution promising universal suffrage sometime in the future. Starting off with interesting and frequently contradictory debates surrounding the discussions on the Handover of Hong Kong to mainland China, Jennifer Eagleton provides a stimulating, politically well-informed, and comprehensive “insider” account of many aspects of the press media and official discourse on democracy and political change in Hong Kong as part of “One Country, Two Systems.” The book shows how historical, cultural, and identity issues have shaped and molded post-1997 political discourse and how the seemingly dramatic changes in the city since 2020 may not have been that surprising for long-term observers of Hong Kong. By going beyond consideration of the purely linguistic dimension of the selected texts to encompass the larger historical and socio-political context, and incorporating textual, discursive, and metaphoric analysis over time, this book provides a detailed examination of Hong Kong political discourse and its constituent themes.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3084-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3085-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 360
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Basic Law and Related Texts No access
  2. Official Hong Kong Government Documents No access
  3. Political Party Texts No access
  4. News Texts No access
  5. A Note about Translation and Romanization of Names No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Major Approach of This Book No access
3. Layout of the Book No access
4. A Political Transition No access
5. Things to Consider in Analyzing Hong Kong’s Political Discourse No access
6. Hong Kong, Itself a Metaphor No access
7. Cities and the Sky 3 No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Handover Preliminaries No access
2. The Negotiation Strategy and Its Linguistic Realization No access
3. Summary No access
4. The Legalization Stage of the One Country, Two Systems: The Basic Law No access
5. Hong Kong’s Democratic Promise Continued No access
6. Interpreting Hong Kong’s Democratic Promise No access
7. Pro-Beijing/Pro-Establishments’ View of the Basic Law No access
8. The Basic Law as Seen Metalinguistically and Metaphorically No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. Hong Kong’s Political Habitus and the Political Field No access
2. The Two “Camps” and Their Categorization No access
3. Overall Category Pairs of Hong Kong’s Political Parties No access
4. Differences between Traditional Pan-democratic Parties and Localist Groups No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Metaphor, Ideology, and Cultural Context No access
2. Methodology No access
3. Discourse-Length Metaphor Chains No access
4. Event-Metaphor Chains No access
5. Meta-Metaphors of Universal Suffrage and Its Attainment No access
6. Linking Metaphor and Situation: Discourse Meta-Themes No access
7. Interaction of the Meta-Metaphors and Discourse Meta-Themes: A Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Importance of the Cultural Revolution to China and Hong Kong, SAR No access
2. Cultural Revolution as a Rhetorical Phenomenon No access
3. The Rhetorical Themes and Features of the Official Discourse of the Post-Cultural Revolution No access
4. Casting Hats No access
5. Mass Mobilizations No access
6. Let the Masses Decide: Suggestions for a Referendum in 2004 No access
7. The Great Democracy of Chairman Mao No access
8. Extreme Democracy = the Cultural Revolution No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. The Rule of Law No access
2. The Historical Background to the “Rule of Law” as Hong Kong’s “Core Value” No access
3. The Meaning of Civil Disobedience No access
4. Occupy Central with Love and Peace No access
5. The Study No access
6. Methodology No access
7. Discussion of Findings No access
8. The Failure of Civil Disobedience in OCLP No access
9. Conclusion: Implications for the Future of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong No access
10. Notes No access
1. What Do We Mean by “Mainlandization”? No access
2. Revision of the Basic Law Fact Sheet No access
3. The Near-Past as Discursive Battleground No access
4. Full Autonomy = Independence = Self-determination No access
5. The Rise of “Independence Talk” and The Hong Kong Government’s Reaction No access
6. The FCC Andy Chan Talk and the Victor Mallet Visa Controversy No access
7. Reactions to Overseas Criticism of Changes in Hong Kong No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. Analyzing the Hong Kong “Protestscape” No access
2. Background to the Protests No access
3. Building Momentum in the Anti-ELAB Movement No access
4. Solidarity in Diversity No access
5. Diffusion and Contention No access
6. Communication: A Networked Protest No access
7. Community Action: “Everyday Politicization” No access
8. Mass Protests No access
9. Incidents No access
10. Hong Kong Protest Icons No access
11. Abandoning Water, Becoming Fire No access
12. The Aftermath: The Traces of Protest No access
13. Conclusion No access
14. Notes No access
1. The Future Is the Supreme Object of Ideology No access
2. A New Future for Hong Kong: The National Security Law No access
3. The Chief Executive’s Letter to Hong Kong Citizens No access
4. Key Aspects of the National Security Law No access
5. The NSL Was a “Sword,” Now a “Shield” Is Needed No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. A Long-term Process of Transition No access
2. The One Country, Two Systems: A New Ideology in Place No access
3. Summarizing the Situation So Far No access
4. A Personal Meta-Metaphor of Hong Kong’s Political Development No access
5. Meta-Metaphor of Hong Kong’s Democratization Process: A Canal Lock No access
6. How the Hong Kong (Democratization/Political Reform) Lock Works No access
7. Endnote No access
1. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 No access
2. Chapters 3 and 4 No access
3. Chapters 4 and 5 No access
4. Chapter 6 No access
5. Chapter 7 No access
6. Chapter 7 No access
7. Chapter 8 No access
8. Chapter 9 No access
References No access Pages 309 - 354
Index No access Pages 355 - 358
About the Author No access Pages 359 - 360