ABSTRACT
This chapter selects the Chinese term “jiyu” (geiyu), literally referring to “opportunities,” for further discussion. It primarily centers on how Hong Kong refashions its neoliberal subject in the aftermath of the economic recession at the turn of the century. This term was a keyword invented in China’s official documents in the early years of economic reform, then traveling to Hong Kong’s public discourse. Since then it has become a more flexible term in daily language uses. This study, charting a non-western-centric trajectory of neoliberalism, examines the politico-economic encounter between Hong Kong and China. It foregrounds the various neoliberal moments out of which Hong Kong’s sense of identity loss and anxiety emerges.
