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Chiu, Stephen; Tai-lok, Lui

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“…To avoid potential discrimination, mainland Chinese may ‘hide’ their identity, especially when interacting with locals with a strong ‘Hong Konger’ identity (Lee and Chou, 2018). With the increasing introduction of mainland Chinese immigrants and businesses, however, the familiarity with China may now become a valuable skillset in the labor market (Chiu and Lui, 2009). In sum, the growing tensions between stricter political control from the Chinese government and the rise of Hong Kong localism (Kwong, 2016; Veg, 2017), along with the coexistence of white privilege, together create a unique context to examine whether there is an ethnic hierarchy in the financial job market and what the ethnic preference/discrimination looks like for Hong Kong employers.…”

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Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism

Liu

2020

International Sociology

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Using the case of Hong Kong’s finance-related industries, this article examines whether preference or discrimination based on job applicants’ ethnic background manifests in Hong Kong employers’ hiring practices. The authors took an audit approach and compared applicants of three distinctive ethnic groups: Anglo-Saxons, local Hong Kongers, and mainland Chinese. They found that in Hong Kong, local applicants receive the highest callback rate, followed by mainland Chinese, and then Anglo-Saxon applicants, regardless of their gender. The findings counter existing literature and suggest white privilege and colonial legacy is not visible in the hiring for college graduate positions in the financial industries. Instead, language (Cantonese) fluency and business ties to China are of greater importance to employers/HR in Hong Kong’s finance-related industries. In other words, white privilege may still hold true in socio-cultural spheres or everyday interactions, but the effects can be mediated by Cantonese language proficiency when it comes to hiring practices.

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Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism

Liu

2020

International Sociology

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“…107 Third, political instability during the Tung administration was perceived by many to be related to his lack of political skills at balancing various community interests. 108 The reaction of authorities in Beijing to this was to appoint an insider, an ex-civil servant CE. This move, however, led to a relative resurgence of civil service values in political decision making.…”

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The Impact of External Change on Civil Service Values in Post-Colonial Hong Kong

Burns

2015

The China Quarterly

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Scholarly work in the 1990s indicated that the values of civil servants in late colonial Hong Kong were evolving from those of classical bureaucrats to those of more political bureaucrats as the political and social environment changed. Based on in-depth interviews with 58 politicians and senior civil servants carried out between 2009 and 2012, we argue that Hong Kong civil service values have adapted owing in part to external shocks such as regime change and governance reform. Still, traditional civil service values such as fiscal prudence and balancing various community interests continue to be prominent. We illustrate the influence of civil service values in two policymaking cases: small-class teaching and minimum-wage legislation.

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“…Given Hong Kong’s role as a global media hub, efforts at collective action there have made extensive use of mass media to gain international attention and legitimacy (Chan & Lee, 2007). Even before the handover in 1997, mass media began to take on complex roles as informers and interpreters of protest movements, and the battlegrounds on which different sides strive to persuade critical masses of Hongkongers (Chan, C. K., 2014; Chan, J., 1992; Chan, M., & Lee, C. C., 1984; Chiu & Lui, 2000). In the years since, Hong Kong’s social media platforms have become not just one-off tools for individual protest events, but also essential parts of “self-mobilization processes” in which protest movements inspire new contestations in public discourse (Lee & Chan, 2010, 2013; Ortmann, 2015).…”

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Digital Disobedience and the Limits of Persuasion: Social Media Activism in Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement

Agur¹,

Frisch

2019

Social Media + Society

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This article probes the catalytic features of social media in civic participation and mass civil disobedience in Hong Kong’s 2014 protests, and conceptualizes digital activism in terms of mobilization, organization, and persuasion. It makes use of in-depth interviews, in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, with 40 of the leading users of social media during the protests. These included, first and foremost, student activists, as well as opposition figures and journalists who reported on the protests. The article finds that the velocity and scale of social media have strengthened protesters’ ability to mobilize and organize, on the Internet and in the streets. Yet, these advantages have not carried over into persuasion of previously uncommitted individuals. Protesters encountered two main obstacles to persuasion via social media: the multitude of messages enabled by social media and the age segmentation of media. As a result, the movement’s social media efforts generated new attention and created digital space for activism, but did not persuade a durable majority of Hongkongers of the movement’s legitimacy. The Umbrella Movement may not have persuaded Hongkongers that their movement and tactics were valid or wise, but the existence of social media allowed protest leaders to document their motivations and conduct, and blunt less flattering narratives in legacy media.

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Cited by 103 publications

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Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism

Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism

The Impact of External Change on Civil Service Values in Post-Colonial Hong Kong

Digital Disobedience and the Limits of Persuasion: Social Media Activism in Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement

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