PART 1
As a former British colony and a city governed under the mantra "one country, two systems", Hong Kong is a vibrant metropolis where the Chinese and Western influences collide. Now, five years after the handover of Hong Kong to China, there is a dialectic situation happening where Hong Kong is still holding on to the British way of decision-making. The question of IDENTITY, thus I began mapping its history in the following diagrams:
Hong Kong under British sovereignty:
Hong Kong being British, China being China, Macau being Portugal
Hong Kong during its transition period:
In the early 1980s, Ding XiaoPing initiated the idea of "One Country, Two Systems" in which China operates under the socialist system while its independent Chinese regions; HK, Macau & Taiwan, maintain their capitalist system
Hong Kong after year 1997:
An extension from the "One Country, Two Systems" idea, on 4th April 1990, Hong Kong adopted the Basic Law in which it will continue its capitalist system for the next 50 years after 1997
Hong Kong in 50 years' time:
Hong Kong will be wholly part of China, along with the other Chinese metropolis such as Beijing and Shanghai
The morphology of Hong Kong's public IDENTITY in relation to the diagrams;
_ _the CITY SKYLINE
_ _the FLAG
_ _the BANKNOTE
_ _the STAMP
_ _the CITY SKYLINE
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| 1950s |
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| 1960s |
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| 1970s |
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| 1980s |
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| 1990s |
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| 2000s |
_ _the FLAG
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| British |
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| China |
Hong Kong under British sovereignty:
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| 1870–1876 |
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| 1876–1910 |
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| 1910–1959 |
Hong Kong during its transition period:
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| 1959–1997 |
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1959-1997 (Unofficial Red ensign for Hong Kong used prior to the Handover) |
Hong Kong after year 1997:
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| 1997- present |
_ _the BANKNOTE
Hong Kong under British sovereignty:
Hong Kong during its transition period:
Hong Kong after year 1997:
_ _the STAMP
Hong Kong under British sovereignty:
Hong Kong during its transition period:
6 February 1997, bear the inscriptions HONG KONG, so-called "Neutral Definitives"
Hong Kong after year 1997:
Current set released on 18 October 1999, bear the inscriptions HONG KONG, CHINA.
