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Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media
China Perspectives 2018/3 | 2018 Twenty Years After: Hong Kong's Changes and Challenges under China's Rule Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media Francis L. F. Lee Electronic version URL: https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/8009 DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.8009 ISSN: 1996-4617 Publisher Centre d'étude français sur la Chine contemporaine Printed version Date of publication: 1 September 2018 Number of pages: 9-18 ISSN: 2070-3449 Electronic reference Francis L. F. Lee, “Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media”, China Perspectives [Online], 2018/3 | 2018, Online since 01 September 2018, connection on 21 September 2021. URL: http:// journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/8009 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives. 8009 © All rights reserved Special feature China perspectives Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media FRANCIS L. F. LEE ABSTRACT: Most observers argued that press freedom in Hong Kong has been declining continually over the past 15 years. This article examines the problem of press freedom from the perspective of the political economy of the media. According to conventional understanding, the Chinese government has exerted indirect influence over the Hong Kong media through co-opting media owners, most of whom were entrepreneurs with ample business interests in the mainland. At the same time, there were internal tensions within the political economic system. The latter opened up a space of resistance for media practitioners and thus helped the media system as a whole to maintain a degree of relative autonomy from the power centre. However, into the 2010s, the media landscape has undergone several significant changes, especially the worsening media business environment and the growth of digital media technologies. -
Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information
Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information: Capital Population (million) 7.474n/a Total Area 1,104 km² Currency 1 CAN$=5.791 Hong Kong $ (HKD) (2020 - Annual average) National Holiday Establishment Day, 1 July 1997 Language(s) Cantonese, English, increasing use of Mandarin Political Information: Type of State Type of Government Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Bilateral Product trade Canada - Hong Kong 5000 4500 4000 Balance 3500 3000 Can. Head of State Head of Government Exports 2500 President Chief Executive 2000 Can. Imports XI Jinping Carrie Lam Millions 1500 Total 1000 Trade 500 Ministers: Chief Secretary for Admin.: Matthew Cheung 0 Secretary for Finance: Paul CHAN 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Statistics Canada Secretary for Justice: Teresa CHENG Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Democratic Party from: Hong Kong (DP), Liberal Party (LP), Civic Party, League of Social Democrats (LSD), Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (HKADPL), Hong Kong Federation of Precio us M etals/ stones Trade Unions (HKFTU), Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), Labour M ach. M ech. Elec. Party, People Power, New People’s Party, The Professional Commons, Neighbourhood and Prod. Worker’s Service Centre, Neo Democrats, New Century Forum (NCF), The Federation of Textiles Prod. Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, Civic Passion, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, HK First, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Federation of Public Housing Estates, Specialized Inst. Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood, Democratic Alliance, Kowloon East Food Prod. -
The Globalization of Chinese Food ANTHROPOLOGY of ASIA SERIES Series Editor: Grant Evans, University Ofhong Kong
The Globalization of Chinese Food ANTHROPOLOGY OF ASIA SERIES Series Editor: Grant Evans, University ofHong Kong Asia today is one ofthe most dynamic regions ofthe world. The previously predominant image of 'timeless peasants' has given way to the image of fast-paced business people, mass consumerism and high-rise urban conglomerations. Yet much discourse remains entrenched in the polarities of 'East vs. West', 'Tradition vs. Change'. This series hopes to provide a forum for anthropological studies which break with such polarities. It will publish titles dealing with cosmopolitanism, cultural identity, representa tions, arts and performance. The complexities of urban Asia, its elites, its political rituals, and its families will also be explored. Dangerous Blood, Refined Souls Death Rituals among the Chinese in Singapore Tong Chee Kiong Folk Art Potters ofJapan Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics Brian Moeran Hong Kong The Anthropology of a Chinese Metropolis Edited by Grant Evans and Maria Tam Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers Power and Control in a Hong Kong Megastore WOng Heung wah The Legend ofthe Golden Boat Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma Andrew walker Cultural Crisis and Social Memory Politics of the Past in the Thai World Edited by Shigeharu Tanabe and Charles R Keyes The Globalization of Chinese Food Edited by David Y. H. Wu and Sidney C. H. Cheung The Globalization of Chinese Food Edited by David Y. H. Wu and Sidney C. H. Cheung UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS HONOLULU Editorial Matter © 2002 David Y. -
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’S Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance By Sarah Cook October 22, 2013 The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), at the National Endowment for Democracy, works to strengthen the support, raise the visibility, and improve the effectiveness of independent media development throughout the world. The Center provides information, builds networks, conducts research, and highlights the indispensable role independent media play in the creation and development of sustainable democracies. An important aspect of CIMA’s work is to research ways to attract additional U.S. private sector interest in and support for international media development. CIMA convenes working groups, discussions, and panels on a variety of topics in the field of media development and assistance. The center also issues reports and recommendations based on working group discussions and other investigations. These reports aim to provide policymakers, as well as donors and practitioners, with ideas for bolstering the effectiveness of media assistance. Don Podesta Interim Senior Director Center for International Media Assistance National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 378-9700 Fax: (202) 378-9407 Email: [email protected] URL: http://cima.ned.org Design and Layout by Valerie Popper About the Author Sarah Cook Sarah Cook is a senior research analyst for East Asia at Freedom House. She manages the editorial team producing the China Media Bulletin, a biweekly news digest of media freedom developments related to the People’s Republic of China. -
Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media
Special feature China perspectives Changing Political Economy of the Hong Kong Media FRANCIS L. F. LEE ABSTRACT: Most observers argued that press freedom in Hong Kong has been declining continually over the past 15 years. This article examines the problem of press freedom from the perspective of the political economy of the media. According to conventional understanding, the Chinese government has exerted indirect influence over the Hong Kong media through co-opting media owners, most of whom were entrepreneurs with ample business interests in the mainland. At the same time, there were internal tensions within the political economic system. The latter opened up a space of resistance for media practitioners and thus helped the media system as a whole to maintain a degree of relative autonomy from the power centre. However, into the 2010s, the media landscape has undergone several significant changes, especially the worsening media business environment and the growth of digital media technologies. These changes have affected the cost-benefit calculations of media ownership and led to the entrance of Chinese capital into the Hong Kong media scene. The digital media arena is also facing the challenge of intrusion by the state. KEYWORDS: press freedom, political economy, self-censorship, digital media, media business, Hong Kong. wo decades after the handover, many observers, academics, and jour- part follows past scholarship to outline the ownership structure of the Hong nalists would agree that press freedom in Hong Kong has declined over Kong media system, while noting how several counteracting forces have Ttime. The titles of the annual reports by the Hong Kong Journalists As- prevented the media from succumbing totally to political power. -
D11444 2016 年第52 期憲報第4 號特別副刊s. S. No. 4 to Gazette
D11444 2016 年第 52 期憲報第 4 號特別副刊 S. S. NO. 4 TO GAZETTE NO. 52/2016 ENGLISH AUTHOR INDEX, 2015 A Yin 3617 Auerbach, Annie 7042-7045 A8 New Media Group 3618 Aurum Pacific (China) Group abc Multiactive Limited 3619-3620, 7012 Limited 29, 3655, 7046, 11377 Abel, Andrew B. 6 Austin, Christopher 30 Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Auto Italia Holdings Limited 3656, 11382 Association Social Service 3621 Automated Systems Holdings Against Child Abuse Limited 11343 Limited 3657, 11383 Agarwal, Yashasvini 963, 7468 AV Concept Holdings Limited 31, 7051 Agile Property Holdings AVIC Joy Holdings (HK) Limited 3658 Limited 3623-3624, 7020 Badger, Ian 11960, 11967-11978 Agricultural Bank of China Baecker, S. R. 7052-7054 Limited 3625, 11344 Bai, Ruoyun 35 AGTech Holdings Bai, Wen-gang 4379-4390 Limited 3626-3627, 7021, 11345 Baioo Family Interactive Alco Holdings Limited 7, 11346 Limited 7061, 11385 Alexander, Martin 7036-7037 Baker, Laura 919-922, 4526-4533, Alexander, Nadja 8, 12809 8015-8016, 12672-12677 Ali, Abdul Azeem 7047-7050, 11378-11381 Ball, Jacqueline A. 7062-7089 Alibaba Pictures Group Bamboos Health Care Holdings Limited 9, 3628, 11347 Limited 36-37, 7090 Aliverti, Elisabetta 7022 Bank of China (Hong Kong) Allied Cement Holdings Limited 3629, 11348 Limited 3659, 11386 Allied Group Limited 3630, 11349 Bank of China Limited 3660, 11387 Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited 3631, 11350 Bank of Chongqing Co., Ltd. 3661, 11388 Alltronics Holdings Limited 3632, 11351 Banks, Steven 11389 Amin, Yawar 3977 Baobei, Anni 38 Amlin, J. P. 7023 Baoxin Auto Group Limited 3662 AMS Public Transport Baoye Group Company Limited 7091, 11390 Holdings Limited 11, 11353-11354 Bard, Solomon Mathew 11391 Anakotta, Rory 7024-7027 Barkan, Joanne 7092 Ananthanarayan, Aditya 247 Barnes, Carolyn 446 Andersen, Hans Christian 14-15, 7028 Barry, Jarrod 39, 3663 Anxian Yuan China Holdings Bartholomew, Terese Tse 4185 Limited 11360 Bartlett, Magnus 3664 Ao, S. -
In Hong Kong Restrictions on Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Freedom of Expression and Association
BEIJING’S “RED LINE” IN HONG KONG RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. © Amnesty International 2019 Cover photo: An estimated 1.03 million people in Hong Kong took to the streets to protest the Extradition Except where otherwise noted, content in this document is licensed under a Creative Commons Bill on 9 June 2019. (Photo credit: Amnesty International) (attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, international 4.0) licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode For more information please visit the permissions page on our website: www.amnesty.org Where material is attributed to a copyright owner other than Amnesty International this material is not subject to the Creative Commons licence. First published in 2019 by Amnesty International Ltd Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW, UK Index: ASA 17/0944/2019 Original language: English amnesty.org CONTENTS CONTENTS 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 1. BEIJING’S “RED LINE” IN HONG KONG 8 1.1 THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW 8 1.2 NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION 9 1.3 THE WHITE PAPER ON “ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS” 10 2. -
Reddening Or Reckoning?
Reddening or Reckoning? An Essay on China’s Shadow on Hong Kong Media 22 Years after Handover from British Rule Stuart Lau Journalist Fellow 2018 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism University of Oxford August 2019 CONTENTS 1. Preface 2 2. From top to bottom: the downfall of a TV station 4 3. Money, Power, Media 10 4. “Political correctness”: New normal for media 20 5. From the Big Brother: “We are watching you” 23 6. Way forward - Is objective journalism still what Hong Kong needs? 27 1 Preface Hong Kong journalists have always stood on the front line of reporting China, a country that exercises an authoritarian system of government but is nonetheless on track to global economic prominence. The often-overlooked role of Hong Kong journalists, though, has gained international attention in summer 2019, when weeks of citywide protests has viralled into the largest-scale public opposition movement ever in the city’s 22-year history as a postcolonial political entity under Chinese sovereignty, forcing the Hong Kong government into accepting defeat over the hugely controversial extradition bill. While much can be said about the admirable professionalism of Hong Kong’s frontline journalists including reporters, photojournalists and video journalists, most of whom not having received the level of warzone-like training required amid the police’s unprecedentedly massive use of potentially lethal weapons, this essay seeks to examine something less visible and less discussed by international media and academia: the extent to which China influences Hong Kong’s media organisations, either directly or indirectly. The issue is important on three levels. -
Bridging the Gap: Rebuilding Citizen Trust in Media
Bridging the Gap Rebuilding Citizen Trust in Media Anya Schiffrin, Beatrice Santa-Wood, Susanna De Martino with Nicole Pope and Ellen Hume ABOUT THE AUTHORS Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she teaches courses on media development and innovation and social change. Among other topics, she writes on journalism and development as well as the media in Africa and the extractive sector. She served for nine years on the advisory board of the Open Society Foundations’ Program on Independent Journalism and is a member of the OSF Global board. Her most recent book is African Muckraking: 50 Years of African Investigative Journalism (Jacana: 2017). Beatrice Louise Santa-Wood recently earned her Master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where she specialized in human rights and was senior editor of the Journal of International Affairs. Susanna De Martino is a research assistant for Anya Schiffrin at Columbia University. She studies political science at Barnard College. Nicole Pope is a Swiss journalist and writer based in Berlin. She lived 30 years in Turkey and contributed to numerous publications, serving for 15 years as the Turkey correspondent for Le Monde. Ellen Hume is a teacher, journalist and founding member of International Media Development Advisers. She has served as White House correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, research director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, executive director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, and as first executive director of the PBS Democracy Project. -
And Straightforward
Next Media Limited Annual Report 2003/04 and straightforward OPENNext Media Limited Annual Report 2003/04 Company Profile Next Media Limited (the “Company” or “Next Media”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is Hong Kong’s largest and most influential Chinese language print media conglomerate. Since the launch of Next Magazine in 1990, the Company has built up an enviable bond of trust with its readers as a result of its unwavering commitment to removing all fiction and artificiality from its editorial content. With one hugely popular daily newspaper and four widely read weekly magazines and its burgeoning Internet business, Next Media remains a Hong Kong market leader in terms of readership, circulation and sustainable advertising revenue. Always conscious of its pledge to add value for its shareholders, the Company will not rest on these impressive laurels. Building upon its achievements in Hong Kong, Next Media began to expand its operations into the lucrative Taiwan market in 2001. To ensure its long term success, the Company has allocated much resources into the construction of production facilities and the setting up of expert operation teams. The Group strongly believes that its titles cater to the needs and preferences of its Taiwanese readers, in terms of both information and entertainment value. The fruits of this groundwork was harvested when Taiwan Next Magazine broke even on schedule in mid-2003. Taking its successful Hong Kong sister publication as an example, and carefully tailoring its content to match the local mass market readership profile, the title is now a major force in the Taiwan weekly magazine market. -
Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information
Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information: Capital Population (million) 7.n4/8a3 Total Area 1,104 km² Currency 1 CAN$=5.9657 Hong Kong $ (HKD) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday Establishment Day, 1 July 1997 Language(s) Cantonese, English, increasing use of Mandarin Political Information: Type of State Type of Government Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Bilateral Product trade Canada - Hong Kong 5000 4500 4000 Balance 3500 s 3000 Can. Head of State Head of Government n Exports o 2500 i l l Can. President Chief Executive i 2000 Imports XI Jinping Carrie Lam M 1500 Total 1000 Trade 500 Ministers: Chief Secretary for Admin.: Matthew Cheung 0 Secretary for Finance: Paul CHAN 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Secretary for Justice: Teresa CHENG Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Democratic Party from: Hong Kong (DP), Liberal Party (LP), Civic Party, League of Social Democrats (LSD), Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (HKADPL), Hong Kong Federation of M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . Trade Unions (HKFTU), Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), Labour Precious Party, People Power, New People’s Party, The Professional Commons, Neighbourhood and M et als/ st o nes Worker’s Service Centre, Neo Democrats, New Century Forum (NCF), The Federation of Hong B ase M et al Pro d . Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, Civic Passion, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, HK First, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Federation of Public Housing Estates, Concern Foo d Pro d . -
Minutes Have Been Seen by the Administration) Ref : CB4/PL/ED
立法會 Legislative Council LC Paper No. CB(4)1638/16-17 (These minutes have been seen by the Administration) Ref : CB4/PL/ED Panel on Education Minutes of the special meeting on Saturday, 7 January 2017 at 9:00 am in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex Members : Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan, JP (Chairman) present Hon IP Kin-yuen (Deputy Chairman) Hon James TO Kun-sun Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, GBS, JP Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, GBS, JP Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, SBS, JP Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun, SBS, JP Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, GBS, JP Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, JP Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung Hon Claudia MO Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun, BBS, JP Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming, JP Hon MA Fung-kwok, SBS, JP Hon Charles Peter MOK, JP Hon CHAN Chi-chuen Hon CHAN Han-pan, JP Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen, BBS, JP Hon Dennis KWOK Wing-hang Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT, JP Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong, SBS, JP Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok, SBS, MH, JP Hon Alvin YEUNG Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding Hon SHIU Ka-chun Hon Wilson OR Chong-shing, MH Hon Tanya CHAN Hon CHEUNG Kwok-kwan, JP - 2 - Hon HUI Chi-fung Hon LAU Kwok-fan, MH Dr Hon CHENG Chung-tai Hon Nathan LAW Kwun-chung Dr Hon LAU Siu-lai Members : Hon CHAN Kin-por, BBS, JP absent Hon WONG Kwok-kin, SBS, JP Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung, SBS, JP Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan Hon CHU Hoi-dick Dr Hon Junius HO Kwan-yiu, JP Hon HO Kai-ming Hon LUK Chung-hung [According to the Judgment of the Court of First Instance of the High Court on 14 July 2017, LEUNG Kwok-hung, Nathan LAW