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In Asia as Method, Chen Kuan-hsing challenges scholars to consider seriously the unfinished project of decolonization in Asia. Because of Hong Kong’s postcolonial position as a “special administrative region” (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China as well as “Asia’s global city,” the territory provides fecund ground for taking up the gauntlet.
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For an overview of HKSAR filmmakers, visit the website: “Hong Kong Women Filmmakers: Sex, Politics and Cinema Aesthetics, 1997 to the Present.”
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Trinh Minh-ha makes some similar points in her work, see, for example, Woman, Native, Other (1989).
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For more on Tammy Cheung’s career within Hong Kong documentary history, see Aitken and Ingham.
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According to a report on women in Hong Kong politics: In the LegCo election held in September 2004, 26 out of 159 candidates were women. Of the 26 female LegCo candidates, half had participated in elections in geographical constituencies, and half had competed for the seats elected by functional constituencies. At present, women hold only 11 of the 60 seats (18.3%) in LegCo. Of the 11 female legislators, 6 were elected by geographical constituencies; the remaining 5 were elected by functional constituencies. In the DC election held in 2003, of the 502 elected and appointed members, only 90 (17.9%) were women (Wong and Lee 4).
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Hong Kong’s complex election system also includes “functional constituencies” based on professions/industries/commercial interests. Many see these members of LegCo as similar to American lobbyists. See China Daily’s defence of the system: Ming Yan “Majority Rule is the Essence of Democracy” (2014). Unlike mainland China, Hong Kong does not provide women with a quota in any part of the electoral system.
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For a critical comment on this system, see Ker “Does Hong Kong need electoral system reform?” (2013).
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Marchetti, G. (2017). Hong Kong as Feminist Method: Gender, Sexuality, and Democracy in Two Documentaries by Tammy Cheung. In: Chu, YW. (eds) Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium. The Humanities in Asia, vol 4. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3668-2_3
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