Hong Kong's unique constitutional odyssey and its implications for China

In: Asian affairs: an American review, Band 24, Heft 4: Symposium on Hong Kong, S. 199-216

Abstract

After a brief discussion of Hong Kong's colonial period, the author explores its constitutional journey from British crown colony to Special Adminstrative Region (SAR) of the PRC and Hong Kong's long decolonization process. He discusses the establishment of "one country two systems" in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law for Hong Kong promulgated by the National People's Congress of the PRC in April 1990. (DÜI-Sen)