Red Flag Over Hong KongOn 1 July 1997 the red flag with five yellow stars of the People's Republic of China will be hoisted over Government House in Hong Kong, replacing the Union Jack and symbolizing the culmination of a profound political transition. The United Kingdom, which has governed the colony since 1841, will have transferred sovereignty and administrative responsibility over Hong Kong to mainland China's Communist party. Hong Kong is in for a rocky road in the years ahead. Future treatment of Hong Kong will be caught up in the political competition for control of China. Victims of that competition will include the free press, academic freedom, open and fair elections, and some portion of market freedom. Hong Kong will not be as tightly controlled as the rest of China, but neither will it be the free and vivacious place it has been for the past half century. The political and economic landscape will be filled with uncertainty, cronyism, lost freedoms, and more corruption than has been known in the recent past. It is a bleak picture indeed. |
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... tion over Hong Kong became turbulent . China's insistence that Hong Kong's internal political development converge with its plans for the ter- ritory's future was challenged by Patten , who unveiled proposals for more representative ...
... tion over Hong Kong became turbulent . China's insistence that Hong Kong's internal political development converge with its plans for the ter- ritory's future was challenged by Patten , who unveiled proposals for more representative ...
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... tion clause of the U.S. Constitution , the Fourteenth Amendment , did not apply to Mississippi , thereby permitting the Mississippi state legislature to impose slavery in that state if it so chose . Of course , such an exemp- tion would ...
... tion clause of the U.S. Constitution , the Fourteenth Amendment , did not apply to Mississippi , thereby permitting the Mississippi state legislature to impose slavery in that state if it so chose . Of course , such an exemp- tion would ...
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... tion and the Annexes to this Joint Declaration . 8. This Joint Declaration is subject to ratification and shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments of ratification , which shall take place in Beijing before 30 ...
... tion and the Annexes to this Joint Declaration . 8. This Joint Declaration is subject to ratification and shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments of ratification , which shall take place in Beijing before 30 ...
Contents
The Last Fifteen Years | 6 |
An Overview of Hong Kong | 17 |
The Sweet and Sour of China | 35 |
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