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Hong Kong independence is the notion of Hong Kong as a sovereign state, independent from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of China and is thus granted a high degree of de jure autonomy, as stipulated by Article 2 of the Hong Kong Basic Law ratified under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. [2]
Hong Kong 1 July march in 2011. On 1 July of each year since the 1997 handover, a march is led by the Civil Human Rights Front.It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the chief executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.
Public holidays changed, with British-inspired occasions, such as the Queen's Official Birthday, Liberation Day, and Remembrance Day being replaced by PRC National Day and Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day. [117] Double Ten Day, commemorating the establishment of the Republic of China, was abolished as a public holiday in 1950. [146]
Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, when it was occupied by British forces during the first Opium War. China’s Qing Dynasty signed it over to the British the following year in the ...
Hong Kong’s long history as an independent entity is being systematically squeezed by China, which experts contend is reacting to intensifying challenges to its global ambitions.
Public holidays changed, with the Queen's Official Birthday and other British-related occasions being replaced by PRC National Day and Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day. Many of the red British style pillar boxes were removed from the streets of Hong Kong and replaced by green Hongkong Post boxes in the Singapore style. A few examples remain but ...
“Foreign agents and Hong Kong independence ideas are still lurking in Hong Kong society.” Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks during a press conference at government headquarters in Hong ...
Hong Kong [e] is a special ... the population of most of the area forming present day Hong Kong was cleared ... The territory's jurisdictional independence is most ...