{"id":7413,"date":"2025-12-08T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/2025\/12\/08\/article-the-geopolitics-of-infrastructure-and-the-unmaking-of-an-island-the-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:57:51","slug":"article-the-geopolitics-of-infrastructure-and-the-unmaking-of-an-island-the-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2025\/12\/08\/article-the-geopolitics-of-infrastructure-and-the-unmaking-of-an-island-the-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] The Geopolitics of Infrastructure and the Unmaking of an Island: The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Brian Scanlon<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Geopolitics<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14650045.2023.2199928?fbclid=IwY2xjawOvVchleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa01vZTd0em04bFVJcm15c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjZl2DyBpCwiNUbe_u15yEZUzHz6JAAOm17eHC6t82xn0bJoB9RcTfbGgGvX_aem_rLDgA2bCT_0pPayYkHmzYQ\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14650045.2023.2199928?fbclid=IwY2xjawOvVchleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa01vZTd0em04bFVJcm15c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjZl2DyBpCwiNUbe_u15yEZUzHz6JAAOm17eHC6t82xn0bJoB9RcTfbGgGvX_aem_rLDgA2bCT_0pPayYkHmzYQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge marks not only a record-setting achievement in engineering, but also a materialisation of ongoing efforts by the People\u2019s Republic of China to engage in cooperative projects aimed at expanding and deepening integrative connections with the semi-autonomous Special Administrative Regions of Macau and Hong Kong. This paper explores the colonial and post-colonial social construction of Hong Kong as a political-economic island, and the implications this carries into the tensions and open conflicts that have unfolded under the One Country, Two Systems agreement.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the bridge as a case, it critically examines the geopolitical and biopolitical dimensions of infrastructure as a practice of subnational (de)bordering. The case renders visible a contemporary moment where infrastructure occupies a central position at the conjuncture of technology, advanced governmentality and shifting geographies of sovereignty in the People\u2019s Republic of China, within subnational city-regional development plans, as well as internationally in projects, such as the geographically expansive Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A close examination of the Bridge project highlights the constructed and contested nature of borders, as well as the complex identities and ideologies that define them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Brian Scanlon Source: Geopolitics Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14650045.2023.2199928?fbclid=IwY2xjawOvVchleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa01vZTd0em04bFVJcm15c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjZl2DyBpCwiNUbe_u15yEZUzHz6JAAOm17eHC6t82xn0bJoB9RcTfbGgGvX_aem_rLDgA2bCT_0pPayYkHmzYQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14650045.2023.2199928?fbclid=IwY2xjawOvVchleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa01vZTd0em04bFVJcm15c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjZl2DyBpCwiNUbe_u15yEZUzHz6JAAOm17eHC6t82xn0bJoB9RcTfbGgGvX_aem_rLDgA2bCT_0pPayYkHmzYQ<\/a> Abstract The completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge marks not only a record-setting achievement in engineering, but also a materialisation of ongoing efforts by the People\u2019s Republic of China to engage in cooperative projects aimed at expanding and deepening integrative connections with the semi-autonomous Special Administrative Regions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145170531,"featured_media":6534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[776957933],"tags":[776958087,776958192,776958076],"class_list":["post-7413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--en","tag-geopolitics","tag-infrastructure","tag-newsroom"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pai6UY-1Vz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7426,"url":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2025\/12\/10\/article-ghost-infrastructure-the-political-economy-of-abandoned-submarine-data-cable-projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":7413,"position":0},"title":"[Article] Ghost Infrastructure: The Political Economy of Abandoned Submarine Data Cable Projects","author":"\u624b\u6c11\u51fa\u7248\u793e","date":"10\/12\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Sofie Flensburg and Signe Sophus Lai Source: Platforms & Society Link: https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/29768624251399530?fbclid=IwY2xjawOvVclleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa01vZTd0em04bFVJcm15c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvYwtv2ESU74X8OTZM5Rq_87I9ndHj_CVvibC3rLljJ6OVLSOKJ6kHGmTqZv_aem_8898Uvg8cso_W35KvB8blw Abstract In recent years, submarine cable systems have grown in size and velocity, with nation-states, venture groups, and US-based platform corporations investing heavily in this backbone of the global internet. 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