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The Hong Kong Question is the question regarding the political status of the city of Hong Kong in several points in history. It can be used to refer to: Allied Wartime conferences - In 1943, during WWII, the United Kingdom signed a new treaty with the Republic of China to settle their territorial disputes ( Sino-British New Equal Treaty ).
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, [a] also known as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan [b] is the collective term used by the People's Republic of China for its two special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macao, as well as the Taiwan region, which is claimed as sovereign territory by the PRC but is actually governed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwanese authorities).
Hong Kong is the ninth largest trading entity in exports and eighth largest in imports (2021), [232] [233] trading more goods in value than its gross domestic product. [232] [233] Over half of its cargo throughput consists of transshipments (goods travelling through Hong Kong). Products from mainland China account for about 40% of that traffic ...
Hong Kong on Tuesday formally began the process to enact a controversial homegrown national security law in a move that could have deep ramifications for the city’s status as a global financial hub.
Under the jointly agreed upon Hong Kong Basic Law, the Hong Kong SAR would maintain its autonomy for 50 years until 2047, after which point, the region would assume full control by China. Hong Kong's autonomy, and its end in 2047, has created contention between those who support the Chinese government, and those who do not. [9]
"This will get people really worried about how free Hong Kong’s internet will be like tomorrow," he said. Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to quell the months-long unrest.
1 July 1997, Hong Kong, leased to the British for 99 years, (1,104 km 2) returned to Chinese control. See article Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong. 1998–1999, the Sino-Russian-North Korean border was fixed. 20 December 1999, Macau (29.2 km 2) was handed to China. See article: Transfer of sovereignty over Macau.
The questions of Hong Kong and Macau belong to the category of questions resulting from the series of unequal treaties which the imperialists imposed on China. Hong Kong and Macau are part of Chinese territory occupied by the British and Portuguese authorities.