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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2025

Edmund W. Cheng  and
Samson Yuen
Edmund W. Cheng
Affiliation:
City University of Hong Kong
Samson Yuen
Affiliation:
Hong Kong Baptist University

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The Making of Leaderful Mobilization
Power and Contention in Hong Kong
 , pp. xxv - xxvi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

Abbreviations

API

Application Programming Interface

CCP

Chinese Communist Party

CGLO

Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government

CHRF

Civil Human Rights Front

CPPCC

Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

ExCo

Executive Council

HKA

Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China

HKCTU

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions

HKD

Hong Kong Dollars

HKFS

Hong Kong Federation of Students

HKIAD

Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation

HKPTU

Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union

HKSAR

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

HKSFF

Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation

HKUJMSC

Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong

HKUPOP

Hong Kong University Public Opinion Programme

KMT

Kuomintang

LegCo

Legislative Council

LSD

League of Social Democrats

NPC

National People’s Congress

NPCSC

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress

NSL

National Security Law

OCLP

Occupy Central with Love and Peace

OCTS

One Country, Two Systems

OLS

ordinary least squares

PLA

People’s Liberation Army

PLG

Progressive Lawyers’ Group

PRC

People’s Republic of China

SAR

Special Administrative Region

SMOs

social movement organizations

SSStrike

Secondary School Strike

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