Laurent Chircop-Reyes is Research Fellow and Deputy Chief Editor of China Perspectives at CEFC in Hong Kong. Rm. 3029, Academic Building, The Hong Kong University…

  Philipp Demgenski is Junior Professor at the Institute of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Office 1135, Chuangyi Lou A, West Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang…

Guillaume Dutournier is Associate Professor at the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), currently in charge of the EFEO Beijing Centre. EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson,…

Maggi W. H. Leung is Professor of international development studies in the Governance and Inclusive Development Group of the Department of Geography, Planning, and International…

Els van Dongen is Associate Professor of history at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, 48 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639818 (evandongen@ntu.edu.sg)….

Martina Bofulin is a permanent research associate at the Slovenian Migration Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2,…

Mette Thunø is Associate Professor in China studies, Department of Global Studies, China Section, Jens Chr. Skousvej 5, DK-8000, Aarhus University, Denmark (mettethunoe@cas.au.dk). This special…

Darren Man-wai Cheung, Daphne Ngar-yin Mah, Alice Siu, Benjamin C. McLellan, Shinya Wakao Victor Wai Yin Lam, and Glenn Hin-fan Lee Darren Man-wai Cheung is…

Introduction Many cities in advanced economies have embraced the “smart city” agenda. Hong Kong is no exception. Smart cities are “cities using technological solutions to…

Hong Kong, consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading smart cities, is undergoing a period of disruptive change.[1] While still shaped fundamentally by the…