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Hong Kong as Special Administrative Region in China- the effort to preserve the "high degree of autonomy" guarantee in the 1997 transfer agreement 20 years later
09/29/2014
Democracy protests in 2014 are intended to preserve Hong Kong's special status under the "one country, two systems" transfer agreement with Britain of 1997. Remarkably China permitted Hong Kong to function as a separate region of 7 million Chinese people enjoying a vibrant media, independent governance, and separate financial system. This helped the mainland develop its own economic system gaining fom the experience of Hong Kong as a financial capital in Asia. Fears that the independent system is being eroded have led to the protests in 2014. As Beijing and Shanghai have evolved in the last decade with Western experience and knowhow in many fields, China may see less need to preserve the status quo. How China responds also gives some indication in which direction it is moving- towards a more open, transparent economic and political system, or pulling back to strengthen the control of the Communist Party. The U.S., Britain, and China itself have a lot at stake in how China's Jinping-Li Keqiang government tackles Hong Kong's autonomy and expectations.
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Protests in Hong Kong Have Roots in China’s ‘Two Systems’
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Washington Post 10.01.2014
Hong Kong protests: The Party v the people
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China, U.S. Standoff Deepens Over Hong Kong Protests
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