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Global China Humanities Series: Maoism: A Global History
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Since 2012 – and for the first time since the death of Mao in 1976 – China has experienced an official revival of Maoist culture and politics. Despite the huge human cost of Mao’s rule, on 1 October 2019 (the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China) the Chinese Communist Party staged a festival of patriotism invoking Mao as august builder of the party and nation. But this definition of Mao as respectable paterfamilias obscures other, more destabilising legacies of Maoism – a volatile mix of militarised autocracy, anti-colonial rebellion and ‘continuous revolution’.... READ MORE...
"Global Hong Kong: Lessons from Elsewhere" Speaker Series - Book event: The Resistant Community (反抗的共同體)
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To many Hong Kong locals, Prof. Ma Ngok needs no introduction. Well known and respected for his commentary on Hong Kong politics and academic archievement in political science, Ma is Associate Professor of the Department of Government and Public Administration of CUHK. His research areas include party politics and elections in Hong Kong, social movements and state-society relations in Hong Kong, comparative politics, and democratization. He has published five books, more than 20 journal articles and 20 book chapters on Hong Kong politics.