Major Research Areas

Migration and the Chinese diaspora:
Chinese international migration and diaspora in both historical and contemporary context, with a focus on migrant policies, transnationalism, social capital, migration networks, local social and economic transformation, and transnational Chinese entrepreneurship.

Contact person
Dr James Chin
Tel: 2241 5904
Fax: 25593185
Email: qianj@hku.hk

Historical relations between China and Southeast Asia including commodities, port polities, junks, trade routes and trade networks in maritime Asia.

Contact person
Dr James Chin
Tel: 2241 5904
Fax: 25593185
Email: qianj@hku.hk

Regional trading system in maritime Asia:
Cultural, political and military interactions between imperial China and countries of Southeast Asia.

Contact person
Dr James Chin
Tel: 2241 5904
Fax: 25593185
Email: qianj@hku.hk

Economic and business history of China , Hong Kong and Japan; History of Modern China and Hong Kong.

Contact person
Dr P.T. Lee
Tel: 2859 2429
Fax: 25593185
Email: ptlee@hkucc.hku.hk

China-ASEAN relations:
The China-ASEAN Project is one of the longest-running programmes of its type in the world.  It mixes academic research with policy work for different government agencies.  Established areas of research excellence include: the political-economy of regionalism in Asia, socio-cultural ties between China and Southeast Asia, non-traditional security threats, migration and diaspora flows.

Contact person
Dr Nick Thomas
Tel: 2241 5921
Fax: 25593185
Email: ndthomas@hku.hk

China-India relations :
The China-India dyad is the key relationship in emerging regional (and global) dynamics.  The China-India Project captures these dynamics through an exploration of the political and strategic concerns, economic and commercial links as well as such social issues as population and development challenges.  Established areas of research excellence include: bilateral ties, development and economic issues, network formation and population flows.

Contact person
Dr Nick Thomas
Tel: 2241 5921
Fax: 25593185
Email: ndthomas@hku.hk

Entrepreneurship and business networks:

(1) Entrepreneurial families
Entrepreneurship, organization and management are key issues for business development. Through studying three strategic cases in the Chinese mainland (the Rong family), Taiwan (the Ku family), and Hong Kong (the Ho Tung family), we aim to build up the Chinese family enterprise case files/database and have a better understanding on these issues.

Contact person
Dr Victor Zheng
Tel: 2241 5821
Fax: 2559 3185
Email: vzheng@hku.hk

(2) Entrepreneurship and the textile industry in Hong Kong
Mr. Vincent Woo, founder of the Central Textile (Hong Kong) Limited, is one of the pioneers in the Hong Kong cotton spinning industry. Through studying his life and career, we hope we can have a clear picture about the development of the garment and textile industry in Hong Kong, and its linkages in Shanghai.

Contact person
Dr Victor Zheng
Tel: 2241 5821
Fax: 2559 3185
Email: vzheng@hku.hk

Hong Kong culture and society:
Indicators of social development: Hong Kong and Macao -
this is one of the long-term collaborative researches that we have undertaken since 1988 in Hong Kong and later extended to Macao in 2005. In this research, we try to focus on the measurement and study of their social development and the building up of a comprehensive social indicators system.

Contact person
Dr Victor Zheng
Tel: 2241 5821
Fax: 2559 3185
Email: vzheng@hku.hk