Hong Kong people, identity, identity politics, literature review
Abstract
One significant development in China’s contemporary history is the repatriation of Hong Kong, which is of great significance in shaping national identity and community consciousness. Hong Kong used to be a British colony, under which it achieved modernization and great economic development. Therefore, the identity of the people before and after the return of Hong Kong has great research value. The identity of Hong Kong residents will be examined in this paper as the research object, through the literature research method, summarized the history of Hong Kong and its identity recognition, analyzed the changes in the social environment behind the return of Hong Kong, and examines academic study and scholarly investigations on Hong Kong people’s identity from Hong Kong’s return to the present. The results show that Hong Kong people have both regional identity and less significant national identity, which is particularly obvious among youth.Based on this, this article proposes three suggestions to enhance the identity recognition of Hong Kong’s youngsters.
