Dekolonisierung als egalitäre Transformation: Hongkongs unvollendeter Kampf

Chan, SY

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SY Chan⁵

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In diesem Kapitel wird argumentiert, dass der jahrzehntelange „krude Antiimperialismus“ des chinesischen und des Hongkonger Regimes nicht zu einem dekolonisierten Hongkong geführt hat. Stattdessen hat er Strukturen der Ungleichheit reproduziert, die Herrschaft und Ausbeutung weiterhin aufrechterhalten. Demgegenüber schlage ich ein Verständnis von Dekolonisierung als egalitärer Transformation vor, das auf einer umfassenderen Lesart der antikolonialen Tradition beruht. Diese Vision einer dekolonisierten Gesellschaft hat wichtige Auswirkungen auf den demokratischen Kampf in Hongkong. Zwar bewegten sich bestimmte Praktiken und Regelungen, die aus der Anti-ELAB-Bewegung (Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill) hervorgingen, in Richtung dieser Vision. Aber es gab auch bedeutende Entwicklungen, die, wenn sie unkontrolliert bleiben, ihre Verwirklichung auf lange Sicht untergraben könnten.

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Notes

1.
Kein ernsthafter Theoretiker des Nationalismus und Antiimperialismus (den ich kenne) verteidigt einen kruden Antiimperialismus. Der Begriff sollte vielmehr als Bezeichnung für einen erkennbaren politischen Diskurs in der realen Welt verstanden werden, der in einigen postkolonialen (halb-)autoritären Gesellschaften weit verbreitet ist und von den Regierungen von Zeit zu Zeit zur Rechtfertigung bestimmter Maßnahmen herangezogen wird.
2.
Die Anti-ELAB-Bewegung und die Ereignisse, die zu ihr führten, werden in Holbig (2020) und Lee et al. (2019) diskutiert.
3.
Zum anhaltenden Kolonialismus jenseits des formalen Kolonialismus siehe Mignolo (2011).
4.
Hongkong stand an der Spitze der Liste, als The Economist seinen Crony-Kapitalismus-Index für Vetternwirtschaft im Jahr 2014 erstmals veröffentlichte. Im Jahr 2016 fasste The Economist die Daten Hongkongs mit denen Chinas zusammen, das auf der Liste von 22 Ländern auf Platz 11 lag.
5.
Für eine Analyse der Solidarität in der Bewegung, siehe Lee (2020).
6.
Siehe Fanons Darstellung, wie kollektiver Widerstand die Geschlechter- und Familienbeziehungen verändert, in Fanon ([1959] 1967).

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Ich möchte Wilfred Chan, Elton Chan und T.H. Jiang für hilfreiches Feedback zu früheren Entwürfen danken. Ich möchte auch den Herausgebern dieses Bandes, insbesondere Wen Liu und JN Chien, für ihre hilfreichen Vorschläge und Kommentare danken.

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Chan, S. (2023). Dekolonisierung als egalitäre Transformation: Hongkongs unvollendeter Kampf. In: Liu, W., Chien, J., Chung, C., Tse, E. (eds) Neuorientierung des Widerstands in Hongkong. Springer VS, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5990-5_6

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