25 years after the handover of Hong Kong
On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong was handed back from British colonial rule to China. The People's Republic promised a "high degree of autonomy" under the "one country, two systems" principle until 2047. 25 years later, it has broken this promise.
In 2020, China imposed a National Security Law on Hong Kong ending a number of civil liberties that had been guaranteed under the Sino-British Joing Declaration, a bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic. The breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration is thus a violation of international law.
Hong Kong, until recently a city of protest, is not what it used to be.
Read, listen and watch my take 25 years after the handover:
Postcast with Oxford Comment:
Podcast (in German) with Florian Schröder - radio1, rbb:
Watch the 30-minutes TV interview (in German) at tagesschau24.
Publication (in Swedish): Hong Kong – protesternas stad. Världspolitikens Dagsfragor. Stockholm: UI.
Media (in Swedish): ”Experten: ”Kina kränker internationell rätt””, 20 May 2020.
Media (in Swedish): “”En otrolig natt” – stor seger för demonstranterna”, 25 November 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “”Konstigt att Sverige inte talar i klartext om Kina”“, 25 August 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “Kinaexpert: Kan sluta som Himmelska fridens torg”, 6 August 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “Nytt kaos i Hongkong - alla flyg inställda”, 13 August 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “Experten om protesterna: "Litar inte på Hongkongs styre"“, 6 August 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “Därför bär demonstranterna i Hongkong paraplyer“, 1 July 2019.
Media (in Swedish): “Svår balansgång för Xi Jinping i Hongkong”, 18 August 2019.