英文摘要 |
Professor Xiang Biao's commentary on Hong Kong's “Umbrella Movement” is a rare attempt among academics in mainland China to discuss Hong Kong. However, in his discourse, the role of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong's democratization is almost invisible and the historical process by which Hong Kong and China's political developments have increasingly diverged is not discussed. This process began in 1989 when the communist regime violently repressed the demands and agenda for democratic reform and continued in the 1990s as the state pushed forward neoliberalism in order to obtain leadership and legitimacy. It is also the history of the “incompleteness” of Hong Kong's political development. This article further points out that Xiang's narrative of contemporary China from which his discourse on Hong Kong is derived evades the history of the party-state power reshuffles and its politico-economic operation in reality. In contrast, it embraces the myth of party-state leadership. Xiang's article serves as an example of various theories and myths of the Chinese Communist Party-state. They pose obstacles to political and intellectual dialogues between China and Hong Kong, and also among different Chinese societies. |