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ColoursofMoney, ShadesofPride HISTORICITIESANDMORALPOLITICSIN INDUSTRIALCONFLICTSINHONGKONG FREDY .LCHI U # m * . * £ H S . Ii t HONG KON G UNIVERSIT Y PRES S Hong Kong University Pres s 14/F Hing Wai Centr e 7 Tin Wan Praya Road Aberdeen Hong Kong w w w . h k u p r e s s . o r g (secure on-line ordering )© Hong Kong University Press 2003 ISBN 962 209 625 5 (hardback ) ISBN 962 209 626 3 (paperback ) All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted m an y for m o r b y an y means , electroni c o r mechanical , includin g photocopy , recording, or any information storag e or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher . British Library Cataloguing-m-Publication Dat a A catalogue record for this book is available from th e British Library. Printed and bound by Nordica Printing Co. Ltd., in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong University Press is honoured tha t Xu Bing, whose art explores the complex themes of language across cultures, has written the Press's name i n his Square Word Calligraphy. This signals our commitment t o cross-cultural thinking and the distinctive natur e of our English-language books published i n China. "At first glance , Square Word Calligraphy appear s to be nothin g more unusual than Chinese characters, but in fact i t is a new way of rendering English words m the format of a square so they resemble Chinese characters . Chines e viewer s expec t t o b e abl e t o rea d Square Word Calligraph y bu t cannot . Wester n viewers , howeve r are surprised to find they can read it. Delight erupts when meaning is unexpectedly revealed. " — Britta Enckson, The Art ofXu Bing ...