Three Villages — A Wang Chau Story

Towards the end of 2014, the Hong Kong government informed over 500 villagers in Wang Chau that they must vacate their homes by January 2018, some of whom have resided in the green belt village for four generations. The three affected villages are called Wing Ning Tsuen, Fung Chi Tsuen and Yeung Uk San Tsuen, and all contain myriad species that co-existence in and between the villagers’ 300+ homes.

This thesis novel contextualises how village communities in Hong Kong have been marginalised since the British colonial period and how the colonial present perpetuates their dispossession by disparate hegemonic forces. Amidst challenges, the novel: analyses a creative culture of resistance that delayed the government’s eviction by at least three years; expounds a lexicon of coloniality which is weaponised by different stakeholders; and illuminates diverse social actors in the three villages—from solitude insects to autonomous architecture, and from refugee herstories to new forms of direct action. The novel intends to provide decolonial perspectives and approaches that share less visible, yet interrelated worlds, and present a pluriversality in Wang Chau’s struggle.

The text is in English. Prices in Hong Kong $. All money goes to Palestine mutual aid funds.