TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper aims to examine the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong and argues that Chinese medicine is not a mere healing practice but a discursive practice against its unique institutional context.Design/methodology/approach Reviewing the medical history in the colonial and post-colonial era, this paper delineates the dynamics between Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and the discursive shaping of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong.Findings While Chinese medicine in post-colonial Hong Kong is modernizing itself from a traditional medicine to the scientific Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it partakes in the decolonization and nationalization project and is geared towards the standardized TCM.Originality/value This paper proposed a critical cultural perspective in studying the discursive formation of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong.
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1871-2673
DO  - 10.1108/STICS-01-2018-0003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/STICS-01-2018-0003
AU  - Pang Ka Wei
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - The making of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong
T2  - Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 17
EP  - 28
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -