Social Movements in China and Hong Kong
Publications Series Edited Volumes 9 Movements in SocialSocial Movements Movementsin Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Sociology of the University of Hong Kong. in China Gilles Guiheux is Professor of Sociology at the Department Chinaof Orientaland Languages and Civilisations of the UniversitéHong China and Hong Kong Paris Diderot. and Hong Kong Kuah-Pearce | Guiheux (eds.)
Over the last two decades, China and Hong Kong have The Expansion of been testing grounds for protest movements in rural So- and urban settings. As a result of the changing socio- Protest Space economic landscape, the building of a legal state and globalisation, Chinese on the mainland are increasingly Edited by defending their rights and local interests. Likewise, in Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Gilles Guiheux Hong Kong, with the change of sovereignty from British colonial rule to Chinese rule, Hong Kong Chinese have become politically active and willing to protest for their freedom and interests. Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space provides a comprehensive view, from multi-disciplinary perspectives, of economic issues such as labour rights, labour unions, anti-globalisation, individual entrepreneurship and the law; and those that concern cultural, religious and gender matters that are considered pertinent by the citizens in mainland China and Hong Kong and hence worthy of their protest actions, despite the inherent risks. Such actions have resulted in the expansion of protest space. )3".