Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China. Subjects covered include immigration, race, gender, homosexuality, the law and resistance. The book also compares citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong with a number of other East Asian countries.
Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the devel...
Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China. Subjects covered include immigration, race, gender, homosexuality, the law and resistance. The book also compares citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong with a number of other East Asian countries.
Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the devel...
As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: the "dagongmei," or working girls. The dagongmei are women in their late teens and early twenties who move from rural areas to urban centers to work in factories. Because of state laws dictating that those born in the countryside cannot permanently leave their villages, and familial pressure for young women to marry by their late twenties, the dagongmei are transient labor. They undertake physically exhausting work in urban factories for an average of four or five years before...
As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: the "dagongmei," or working girls....
As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: the "dagongmei," or working girls. The dagongmei are women in their late teens and early twenties who move from rural areas to urban centers to work in factories. Because of state laws dictating that those born in the countryside cannot permanently leave their villages, and familial pressure for young women to marry by their late twenties, the dagongmei are transient labor. They undertake physically exhausting work in urban factories for an average of four or five years before...
As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: the "dagongmei," or working girls....
