"Navigating Ideologies: Colonial Journalism in 19th Century Macau and Hong Kong" is a new article in Review of Culture by Roy Eric Xavier, Asian American Research Center Visiting Scholar. The article discusses print journalism in Macau and Hong Kong, moving from religious origins through the advocacy of new social ideas and commercial interests that marked these early years. The blending of personal stories of Macanese publishers and journalists, many from humble origins, provide examples of how they navigated spaces between prevailing ideologies. The analysis suggests that these racially-mixed people played significant roles in the region’s development, affecting both the formation of communities and cultural identity, and had a greater influence in the early years of the global economy than has been previously acknowledged.
March 21, 2023