Borrowing the Hong Kong identity for Chinese diplomacy: Implications of Margaret Chan's world health organization election campaign

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-383

  Shen, Simon ^a  

^a Institute of Future Cities and Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ELECTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 65549083097     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5509/2008813361     Document Type: Article

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1. The author wishes to acknowledge Mr. Wilson Chan and an anonymous journalist in Hong Kong for their assistance in data collection of the article. He also acknowledges the South China Programme of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which supported this research.
2. In addition to Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), public statements made by the Foreign Ministry and pro-Beijing sources in Hong Kong such as the CCP-affiliated Takungpao and Wenweipo, the article has also studied other official sources representing Beijing, such as the PLA Daily and Xinhua Agency, as well as other local newspapers in Hong Kong, dating from July 2006 to February 2007.
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