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Professor Sonny LO

Sonny Lo taught Hong Kong politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2004. Before he joined HKU, he had also taught Hong Kong politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He acquired his BA (Honors) in Political Science at Canada’s York University, MA in Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto. He formerly worked at the University of East Asia (1989-1990), Lingnan College (1990-1991), Murdoch University (1991-1992), HKUST (1993-1996), University of Hong Kong (1996-2004), University of Waterloo (2004-2010), and the Hong Kong Institute of Education (2010-2016). His publications include The New Politics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: Ideological Conflicts and Factionalism (Hong Kong University Press, 2024); The Politics of District Elections and Administration in Hong Kong(with Steven Hung, Jeff Loo and Cody Yau) (The City University Press, 2023); Macau in the Second World War, 1937-1945 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); The Politics of Education Reform in China’s Hong Kong (with Steven Hung) (Routledge, 2022); Casino Capitalism, Society and Politics in China’s Macau (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020); China’s New United Front Work in Hong Kong: Penetrative Politics and Implications (with Steven Hung and Jeff Loo) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019); The Politics of Policing in Greater China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016); The Politics of Controlling Organized Crime in Greater China (Routledge, 2016); Hong Kong’s Indigenous Democracy (Macmillan Palgrave, 2015); Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong vs. Beijing on Democracy (Praeger Security International, 2010); The Politics of Cross-Border Crime in Greater China: Case Studies of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao (M. E. Sharpe, 2009);  Political Change in Macao (Routledge, 2008); The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: A Model for Taiwan? (Hong Kong University Press, 2008); Governing Hong Kong: Legitimacy, Communication and Political Decay (Nova Science, 2001); The Politics of Democratization in Hong Kong (Macmillan, 1997); and Political Development in Macau (The Chinese University Press, 1995). Since 2019, his weekly commentary has been published by Macau Business where he has his own page: Sonny Lo Shiu Hing, Author at Macau Business.