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Response To Archie Lee's Paper On "Biblical Interpretation in Postcolonial Hong Kong"

Response To Archie Lee's Paper On "Biblical Interpretation in Postcolonial Hong Kong" RESPONSE TO ARCHIE LEE'S PAPER ON "BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION IN POSTCOLONIAL HONG KONG" KWOK PUI-LAN Episcopal Divinity School, Carrebridge MA On June 30, 1997, the world's attention focused on Hong Kong, as an historical event happened. But what was the significance of the event? For the Chinese government, it was a moment of his- torical pride as China exerted sovereignty over Hong Kong, ceded to the British after the infamous Opium War (1839-42). For the British, it was a glorious retreat, as they argued that they had brought freedom, prosperity, and the rule of the law to Hong Kong. The event also captured the attention of politicians in Washington because the return of Hong Kong provided an occa- sion to bring up issues concerning human rights in China. These contested interpretations of June 30, 1997 fascinated me because I was born and grew up in Hong Kong. While these grand political narratives of nationalism, sovereignty, democracy, human rights, and civil society were deployed by politicians and the in- ternational media, I was more interested in the minute details of the cultural practices that needed to take place to signify the com- plex decolonization process. For example, at 23.20 hours http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblical Interpretation Brill

Response To Archie Lee's Paper On "Biblical Interpretation in Postcolonial Hong Kong"

Pui-Lan, Kwok
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 7 (2): 182 – Jan 1, 1999
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/156851599X00092
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RESPONSE TO ARCHIE LEE'S PAPER ON "BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION IN POSTCOLONIAL HONG KONG" KWOK PUI-LAN Episcopal Divinity School, Carrebridge MA On June 30, 1997, the world's attention focused on Hong Kong, as an historical event happened. But what was the significance of the event? For the Chinese government, it was a moment of his- torical pride as China exerted sovereignty over Hong Kong, ceded to the British after the infamous Opium War (1839-42). For the British, it was a glorious retreat, as they argued that they had brought freedom, prosperity, and the rule of the law to Hong Kong. The event also captured the attention of politicians in Washington because the return of Hong Kong provided an occa- sion to bring up issues concerning human rights in China. These contested interpretations of June 30, 1997 fascinated me because I was born and grew up in Hong Kong. While these grand political narratives of nationalism, sovereignty, democracy, human rights, and civil society were deployed by politicians and the in- ternational media, I was more interested in the minute details of the cultural practices that needed to take place to signify the com- plex decolonization process. For example, at 23.20 hours

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Published: Jan 1, 1999

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