ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter, I argued that cinematic constructions of Hong Kong’s history and of its territory were inextricably interwoven with the triangular relationship between the British coloniser, the Chinese motherland and Hong Kong. In this chapter, I study cinematic constructions of Hong Kong’s geopolitical identity according to Anthony Smith’s ‘two forms and concepts of the “nation”, territorial and ethnic’ (1989: 135). I explore the extent to which cinematic constructions of Hong Kong identities lead to the notion of Hong Kong as a quasi-nation.
