China Seminar | 11 April 1991

Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China: Political Rivals or Business Partners?

Alvin Y. So

Dr. Alvin So, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai‘i, was born and raised in Hong Kong. After finishing a Ph.D. at U.C.L.A. in 1982, he taught for a year at the University of Hong Kong before joining the University of Hawai‘i in 1984,

Dr. So is one of two principal humanities scholars preparing for a Hawaii Committee for Humanities/ Center for Chinese Studies sponsored conference on “Cultural Changes in Hong Kong and South China: Social, Political and Economic Integration Toward 1997” to be held in October, 1991.

Dr. So recently lectured to the Pacific and Asia Affairs Council on this topic focussing on the impact of mainland China on Hong Kong and Taiwan. His talk this time will focus on the impact of Hong Kong and Taiwan on mainland China.