Title
A clash of colonialisms : sports culture in Hong Kong under the Japanese occupation
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
Japanese imperialism : politics and sport in East Asia : rejection, resentment, revanchism
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Date
2018
First Page
245
Last Page
278
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords
Japanese Imperialism, Japanese Occupation, Japanization, Hong Kong, Politics, Sport
Abstract
After a brief but bloody military campaign‚ the invading Japanese forces occupied Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. For the following three years and eight months, the Japanese military administration tried to impose a new social order through the ‘Japanization’ of Hong Kong. The role of sport in this remodelling policy has been largely ignored‚ but it can provide a test-case to examine how superficial that ‘Japanization’ was in practice. This article discusses the sporting culture of Hong Kong on the eve of the Japanese invasion; the immediate impact of the military campaign and the imposition of Japanese rule; the policies of the new Japanese administration in terms of health, education and sporting activities; the extent to which Japanese-style sporting priorities were carried out; and the legacies of Japanese policies and influences after the war ended, including any impact on contemporary Hong Kong-Japan political and sporting encounters.
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-5104-3_9
Publisher Statement
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Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9789811051036
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bridges, B. & Phillips, D. R. (2018). A clash of colonialisms: Sports culture in Hong Kong under the Japanese occupation. In J. A. Mangan, P. Horton, T. Ren & G. Ok (Eds.), Japanese imperialism: Politics and sport in East Asia: Rejection, resentment, revanchism (pp. 245-278). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
