The desire of the people of Taiwan and Hong Kong to exercise democratic self-rule, fully embody their local identities, and become global citizens challenges the big-power politics between China and the United States. Occupying a critical stance on the margins, the local perspectives and international relations of these two cosmopolitan and postcolonial societies challenge both narratives centered on China and those focused on the U.S.–China power struggle. Taking a culture-centered approach to the communicative process of “glocalized resistance” in an era of rising nationalisms, the chapters in this volume address topics ranging from the rhetoric of political leaders and the language games of mass protesters on social media to resistant street performance. These chapters showcase the geocultural identity-in-the-making of the Taiwanese and Hong Kong people and offer insights into societies under imminent threat by an aggressive neighbor.
ContentsIntroductionPart 1. Resistance in TaiwanExistence as Resistance: President Tsai Ing-wen’s Transformative Rhetoric of Marronage, Hsin-I ChengBeyond Critique and Conspiracy: COVID Memes as Reparative Practices in Digital Taiwan, Wen LiuExcavating Truth: Assessing Citizen-Led Fact-Checking Practices in Taiwan, Chiaoning Su and Wei-Ping LiVernacular Collaboration: In Search of a New Taiwanese Identity through “Worshipping Japan” and Resisting China, Hsin-i Sydney YuehPart 2. Resistance in Hong KongNot Yet the Endgame: A Reflection on the Tactic of Laam Caau in the Anti-Extradition Movement in Hong Kong, Iam-chong IpPublic Transportation as a Vehicle of Resistance against the Mainlandization of Hong Kong, Andrew GilmoreGlocal Consumer Identity as Political Resistance during the Hong Kong Extradition Bill Protests, Micky LeeDiscourses of National Identity in Hong Kong: Examining Media Coverage of Carrie Lam’s Leadership, Ming Xie and Chin-Chung ChaoA Conversation with Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang on Communication, Technology, Identity, and Democracy, Hsin-I Cheng, Chiaoning Su, and Chiaochun SuAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex
