Hong Kong, China

China's Hong Kong: The New Frontier between Civilizations

"Hong Kong's mainstream narratives either view Hong Kong from the West, or from Hong Kong, or from Hong Kong to China, but rarely from China. If they do, they tend to view Hong Kong from the perspective of historical China, rather than from the perspective of present or future China. Colonial rule meant not only territorial occupation but also spiritual occupation, and this spiritual occupation led to changes in self-identity that gradually legitimized the territorial occupation. In this process, culture and politics intertwined, driving the joys and sorrows of Hong Kong's story."

It is precisely around the issue of "spiritual division" that remains to this day that Professor Qiang Shigong has completely revised his famous book "Hong Kong, China" on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. With more than twice the length of the original edition, he starts from the interactive perspective of the global "empire-civilization" order since the Age of Discovery, uses history to guide theory, and tells the ins and outs of the Hong Kong issue before 1997. He shows the ups and downs of Hong Kong in the interaction between the British rulers and the Chinese elites, the comparison of different forces within Hong Kong, the game between China and Britain, and the competition among global powers, the choice of path and the reconstruction of order. He also proposes "using Hong Kong as a method" to make full use of this "new frontier" of civilizational integration, not only to solve the urgent practical problem of Hong Kong people's return, but also to think about the long-term strategic issues of China's rise and civilizational revival.

2022-11-01

三联书店（香港）有限公司

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