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Coalition Moments in Hong Kong's Anti–Extradition Law Movement: Cross-Racial Solidarities and Their Limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Shui-yin Sharon Yam
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Abstract

While Hong Kong's Anti–Extradition Law Amendment Bill (ELAB) Movement in 2019 did not lead to systemic policy changes, the protests provided coalitional moments for mainstream Hongkongers to connect with the city's marginalised South Asian community. This essay first contextualises the positionality and history of marginalisation of South Asians in Hong Kong. It then examines moments of rupture during the Anti-ELAB Movement that fostered solidarity between the two ethnic groups. This case study illustrates how anti-authoritarian social movements and the affective charge of protests help cultivate a politics of relation that supersedes racialisation.

Keywords

Hong KongProtestsSocial MovementsRacismEthnic Minorities
Type
Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 16 , September 2022 , e4
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Copyright © The Authors 2022

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