China''s Political and Economic Impacts on Hong Kong after the Handover: An Analysis of Reporting in Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Newspaper
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chen, Yen-Lin
Abstract
“One Country, Two System” has been a debate on Hong Kong since political handover from UK to China in 1997. As the sovereignty returned to China has become the largest event for China and Hong Kong at the end of last century, the city facing both direct and indirect pressure making Hong Kong from a global city to a Chinese city, even Chinese Communist Party promised all things remain unchanged.
This study reviews Chinese influence on Hong Kong’s pro-liberal newspaper Ming Pao from political and societal aspects. China established United Front and State-Business network as political proxy to control media, put Chinese ideology order on Hong Kong. All the media more or less received influence from China such as Self-censorship and avoid sensitive issues defined by Central Government. Hong Kong media, however, confronts Chinese political pressure by different methods. In Ming Pao’s case study and interview, this thesis found not only civil society development but also market sales and professionalism have become an anti-China factor strategies, to keep Hong Kong relatively autonomous from other Chinese cities.
Subjects
香港
中國因素
統一戰線
一國兩制
明報
Type
thesis
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