The House Is on Fire!
This chapter describes the confluence of forces and events that have tragically brought Hong Kong to the brink of crisis in the second half of 2019. It also underlines the uniqueness of Cantonese culture and how it has slowed the post 1997 assimilation of
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Status Anxiety
Bruce VonCannon
Status Anxiety Hong Kong’s Crisis of Identity
Bruce VonCannon Vanheel Management Ltd. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN 978-981-15-7027-8 ISBN 978-981-15-7028-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7028-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
To Phil Davis, who inspired me with the idea for this book, To Frank Lavin, Dan Kadison, Ed Tiryakian, Pascal Bourqui, and Carter Wrenn for their advice and wise counsel, To my Cantonese parents-in-law, the late Kim-Foong CHUNG and Shiow-Ing HAN CHUNG for bequeathing their daughter to me in marriage, To the late Robert Atmore who took a chance on me many years ago when many others were probably more deserving,
Preface
This book is dedicated to the hardworking people of Hong Kong whom I have grown to love and respect during the course of my many years of residency here. My first glimpse of Hong Kong was in 1977 as a postgraduate student studying on a fellowship in Asia. I can remember vividly the plane landing in the late evening at the old Kai Tak airport which was located in the heart of the city off the harbor in the Mongkok district of the Kowloon Peninsula. The feeling as we descended in the plane as I gazed outside my window seat was that of landing in a sea of neon lights. As far as the eye could see there was the glaze of bright, colorful lights. It highlighted the unique aspect of Hong Kong as being the heartbeat of the capitalist world. While there were the standard bright building lig
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