Treaty for a Lost City
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Treaty for a Lost City

The Sino-British Joint Declaration

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Treaty for a Lost City

The Sino-British Joint Declaration

About this book

The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 and transferred control of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China from the 1st July 1997. This sets the scene for the establishment of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) in Hong Kong, which has been at the heart of the civil unrest in 2019-2020, culminating in the National Security Law on 30 June 2020. In the 25th anniversary year of the handover of Hong Kong, C. L. Lim uses British archival sources to re-examine the Joint Declaration, the negotiations that led up to it, and its resounding significance that continues to the present day. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher's preparations for her Beijing trip, the book takes a chronological approach and offers a valuable, single-volume history of the Joint Declaration. In light of tumultuous current events in Hong Kong, Lim provides a vital, clear explanation of the legal complexities that have underpinned the relationships between China, Hong Kong and Britain since 1979.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781108838757
eBook ISBN
9781108986274
Topic
Law
Subtopic
International Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reviews
  3. Half-title page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Table of Provisions in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong S.A.R.
  11. Part I 1982–1997
  12. Part II 1997–2014
  13. Part III 2014–2021
  14. Appendix Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong
  15. Index