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Article: Hong Kong diminished.(China undermines rule of law in Hong Kong)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 3, 1999
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Between them, the government of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong and his bossesin
Beijing have undermined the territory's rule of law
"ONE country, two systems" is how Deng Xiaoping famously described the formula for Hong Kong's return to China. Many were suspicious, believing that after the handover China would be unable to resist meddling in a territory that enjoyed both prosperity and a degree of democratic freedom. Yet for the past two years China, with plenty of other things to worry about, has mostly left Hong Kong alone. Then, last weekend, Hong Kong's own government turned to Beijing to get the former British colony's highest court overruled. ...