Join Dr Ronald Po and Dr John Wong as they view the globalization of Hong Kong through the prism of its airline industry. This event will be centred around Dr John Wong's recently published book, Hong Kong Takes Flight.
Commercial aviation took shape in Hong Kong as the city developed into a powerful economy. Rather than accepting air travel as an inevitability in the era of global mobility, in Hong Kong Takes Flight (Harvard University Press, 2022) John Wong argues that Hong Kong's development into a regional and global airline hub was not preordained. By underscoring the shifting process through which this hub emerged, Wong aims to describe globalization and global networks in the making. Viewing the globalization of the city through the prism of its airline industry, he examines how policymakers and businesses asserted themselves against international partners and competitors in a bid to accrue socioeconomic benefits, negotiated their interests in Hong Kong's economic success, and articulated their expressions of modernity.
Dr. John D. Wong is an Associate Professor of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts within the The University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Ronald C. Po is an Associate Professor of the Department of International History within the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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