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Papers by Louisa Lim
ANU Press eBooks, Jul 7, 2023
The Little Red Podcast, is the author of Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong ... more The Little Red Podcast, is the author of Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong (Riverhead Books, 2022). She answers ten questions from China Story Yearbook co-editor Linda Jaivin. Q1. The 'King of Kowloon' is a man who, convinced that the British stole Kowloon from his family, devoted his life to graffitiing his genealogical claims to the territory across Hong Kong. He is a central figure in
Routledge eBooks, Feb 2, 2023
This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity thro... more This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity through the case study of “the King of Kowloon”, the self-appointed title adopted by Tsang Tsou-choi, a penniless trash collector who carried out a half-century-long graffiti campaign claiming ownership over Kowloon peninsula. It argues the King’s evolution reflects the growing identity consciousness of Hong Kong people around the city’s 1997 transition to Chinese sovereignty. It explores the mechanics of icon creation by examining how and why journalists bolstered Tsang’s reputation as the King of Kowloon, a local icon symbolising a Hong Kong identity distinct from China.
Index on Censorship, Apr 1, 2018
ANU Press eBooks, Apr 16, 2020
World Policy Journal, 2016
SILENCING THE ECHOES OF TIANANMEN M iao Deshun is a living ghost, a revenant from an episode of h... more SILENCING THE ECHOES OF TIANANMEN M iao Deshun is a living ghost, a revenant from an episode of history that China's Communist leaders have worked hard to expunge. On June 4, 1989, he was jailed for flinging a basket onto a burning tank while soldiers shot unarmed civilians on the roads to Tiananmen Square. He has been in prison ever since. "He wouldn't admit guilt," said Sun Liyong, who served five years in Beijing Municipal No. 2 jail alongside Miao in the 1990s. "All the time he has been in prison, he has been resisting the government. For example, they wanted him to do forced labor, but if he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't do it." Sun described a man of few words, whose silence masked
Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa
This project captured and analysed Chinese strategies seeking to influence global media in its co... more This project captured and analysed Chinese strategies seeking to influence global media in its coverage of China. While there is ample literature defining some of these strategies, there is a lack of empirical data tracking the strategies in practice. The project addressed this by surveying officials from journalism unions in 87 countries on their perceptions of Chinese influence on the media in their country. The surveys were complemented by focus groups with senior journalists and editors in six countries. The findings illustrated how China’s global media outreach policies have grown increasingly sophisticated and how the country utilises a multi-pronged approach to influence global media. Dukalskis’ (2017) authoritarian public sphere (APS) framework was used to conceptualise the studies and to analyse the findings. It is argued that China is attempting to offer its APS as an alternative to the traditional Habermasian (1989) public sphere.
Routledge eBooks, Feb 2, 2023
The Conversation, May 28, 2018
This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity thro... more This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity through the case study of “the King of Kowloon”, the self-appointed title adopted by Tsang Tsou-choi, a penniless trash collector who carried out a half-century-long graffiti campaign claiming ownership over Kowloon peninsula. It argues the King’s evolution reflects the growing identity consciousness of Hong Kong people around the city’s 1997 transition to Chinese sovereignty. It explores the mechanics of icon creation by examining how and why journalists bolstered Tsang’s reputation as the King of Kowloon, a local icon symbolising a Hong Kong identity distinct from China.
World Policy Journal, 2016
ANU Press eBooks, Jul 7, 2023
The Little Red Podcast, is the author of Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong ... more The Little Red Podcast, is the author of Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong (Riverhead Books, 2022). She answers ten questions from China Story Yearbook co-editor Linda Jaivin. Q1. The 'King of Kowloon' is a man who, convinced that the British stole Kowloon from his family, devoted his life to graffitiing his genealogical claims to the territory across Hong Kong. He is a central figure in
Routledge eBooks, Feb 2, 2023
This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity thro... more This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity through the case study of “the King of Kowloon”, the self-appointed title adopted by Tsang Tsou-choi, a penniless trash collector who carried out a half-century-long graffiti campaign claiming ownership over Kowloon peninsula. It argues the King’s evolution reflects the growing identity consciousness of Hong Kong people around the city’s 1997 transition to Chinese sovereignty. It explores the mechanics of icon creation by examining how and why journalists bolstered Tsang’s reputation as the King of Kowloon, a local icon symbolising a Hong Kong identity distinct from China.
Index on Censorship, Apr 1, 2018
ANU Press eBooks, Apr 16, 2020
World Policy Journal, 2016
SILENCING THE ECHOES OF TIANANMEN M iao Deshun is a living ghost, a revenant from an episode of h... more SILENCING THE ECHOES OF TIANANMEN M iao Deshun is a living ghost, a revenant from an episode of history that China's Communist leaders have worked hard to expunge. On June 4, 1989, he was jailed for flinging a basket onto a burning tank while soldiers shot unarmed civilians on the roads to Tiananmen Square. He has been in prison ever since. "He wouldn't admit guilt," said Sun Liyong, who served five years in Beijing Municipal No. 2 jail alongside Miao in the 1990s. "All the time he has been in prison, he has been resisting the government. For example, they wanted him to do forced labor, but if he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't do it." Sun described a man of few words, whose silence masked
Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa
This project captured and analysed Chinese strategies seeking to influence global media in its co... more This project captured and analysed Chinese strategies seeking to influence global media in its coverage of China. While there is ample literature defining some of these strategies, there is a lack of empirical data tracking the strategies in practice. The project addressed this by surveying officials from journalism unions in 87 countries on their perceptions of Chinese influence on the media in their country. The surveys were complemented by focus groups with senior journalists and editors in six countries. The findings illustrated how China’s global media outreach policies have grown increasingly sophisticated and how the country utilises a multi-pronged approach to influence global media. Dukalskis’ (2017) authoritarian public sphere (APS) framework was used to conceptualise the studies and to analyse the findings. It is argued that China is attempting to offer its APS as an alternative to the traditional Habermasian (1989) public sphere.
Routledge eBooks, Feb 2, 2023
The Conversation, May 28, 2018
This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity thro... more This research examines the role of Hong Kong journalists and columnists in building identity through the case study of “the King of Kowloon”, the self-appointed title adopted by Tsang Tsou-choi, a penniless trash collector who carried out a half-century-long graffiti campaign claiming ownership over Kowloon peninsula. It argues the King’s evolution reflects the growing identity consciousness of Hong Kong people around the city’s 1997 transition to Chinese sovereignty. It explores the mechanics of icon creation by examining how and why journalists bolstered Tsang’s reputation as the King of Kowloon, a local icon symbolising a Hong Kong identity distinct from China.
World Policy Journal, 2016