Description: This book challenges the belief that Hong Kong's political culture is one of indifference. "Political indifference" is used to suggest the apathy, naivete, passivity, and utilitarianism of Hong Kong's people toward political life. Taking a historical look at political participation, Wai-man Lam argues that this is not a valid view.
Review Quotes: "This book not only debunks the myth of political apathy of the Hong Kong Chinese--an old and absolutely outdated argument made by a few psychoculturalists who constantly view the Hongkongers as possessing a 'partial vision of democracy'--but also uses numerous case studies to prove that Hongkongers were politically active. The protests by half a million Hong Kong people on July 1, 2003 against the Tung Chee-hwa government undoubtedly corroborated the validity of Lam's major argument."