Global Hong Kong

"Featuring 10 empirical chapters, [this book] collectively argues that a global Hong Kong diaspora is emerging. […] The authors convincingly demonstrate how these political and social developments – combined with Hong Kong’s colonial history and its identity as a Chinese-majority migrant society – intersect with the political contexts of the receiving countries, such as post-Brexit Britain, local politics in Taiwan, and earlier migration waves to Canada and Australia. The chapters offer valuable insights into how these migrants navigate settlement and identity formation, often falling between the categories of “forced” and “voluntary” migration – emerging instead as “reluctant migrants” who seek to establish new lives while preserving their sense of identity. […] It makes a timely and important contribution to Chinese and Hong Kong studies, as well as to the broader field of migration and diaspora studies. It sheds light on how ethnic and cultural identities are formed and transformed through migration, particularly in the context of postcolonial Hong Kong and shifting global immigration politics. It also highlights how Hong Kong’s identity as a migrant city is being reconfigured through economic and political pressures, contributing to the formation of a global diaspora."

-- Man-yee Kan, Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK in The China Quarterly.