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Book Chapter: Using Social Networks to Exit Hong Kong

TitleUsing Social Networks to Exit Hong Kong
Authors
Issue Date1999
PublisherWestview Press.
Citation
Using Social Networks to Exit Hong Kong. In Wellman, B (Ed.), Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities, p. 299-330. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999 How to Cite?
AbstractOn July 1, 1997, the red flag of the People’s Republic of China was hoisted over Hong Kong as the British colony reverted to China. This looming event gave rise to great anxiety in Hong Kong for more than a decade. It was widely believed in the West that most Hong Kong families fled for political reasons. But, if that were the case, emigrants and nonemigrants would differ mainly by their political views, or by the economic backing to act on these views. Our study finds that this is not the case. Instead, emigrants and nonemigrants differ mainly by their social networks. Emigrants are linked abroad through kin and friends and other people close to them, while the nonemigrants have constructed few of these ties.
DescriptioneBook version published by Routledge in 2018.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/117637
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dc.contributor.authorSalaff, JWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFong, E-
dc.contributor.authorWong, SL-
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-26T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-26T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.issued1999en_HK
dc.identifier.citationUsing Social Networks to Exit Hong Kong. In Wellman, B (Ed.), Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities, p. 299-330. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999en_HK
dc.identifier.isbn9780813368214-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/117637-
dc.descriptioneBook version published by Routledge in 2018.-
dc.description.abstractOn July 1, 1997, the red flag of the People’s Republic of China was hoisted over Hong Kong as the British colony reverted to China. This looming event gave rise to great anxiety in Hong Kong for more than a decade. It was widely believed in the West that most Hong Kong families fled for political reasons. But, if that were the case, emigrants and nonemigrants would differ mainly by their political views, or by the economic backing to act on these views. Our study finds that this is not the case. Instead, emigrants and nonemigrants differ mainly by their social networks. Emigrants are linked abroad through kin and friends and other people close to them, while the nonemigrants have constructed few of these ties.-
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherWestview Press.en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofNetworks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communitiesen_HK
dc.titleUsing Social Networks to Exit Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeBook_Chapteren_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, SL: slwong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityWong, SL=rp00881en_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9780429498718-10-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85050765207-
dc.identifier.hkuros58420en_HK
dc.identifier.spage299-
dc.identifier.epage330en_HK

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