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The mobilization and politicization of canine police in post-war Hong Kong: Crime busters and darling ambassadors amidst social unrest

Catherine S. Chan

China Information2025https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203x251344566article
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This study explores the ways police dogs were mobilized and politicized at a time of political uncertainty and social unrest in British Hong Kong. It reconsiders the oft-neglected presence and shifting roles of non-human agents in the city’s transforming urban silhouette and aims to restore the constructed roles canine police played in British attempts to secure their hold over the colony and to reinstate the involuntary engagement of animals in the increasing politicization of society and culture in the broader post-WWII landscape.

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@article{catherine2025,
  title        = {{The mobilization and politicization of canine police in post-war Hong Kong: Crime busters and darling ambassadors amidst social unrest}},
  author       = {Catherine S. Chan},
  journal      = {China Information},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203x251344566},
}

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