![]() ![]() To make matters worse, a national security law that further crimps Hong Kong's freedoms has recently been decreed in Beijing. Universal suffrage and free elections have not been instituted, harassment and brutality have become normalized, and activists are being jailed en masse. But as the halfway mark of the SAR's lifespan approaches in 2022, it is clear that China has not kept its word. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer political system than that of Communist China-one with its own currency and government administration, a common-law legal system, and freedoms of press, speech, and religion. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. ![]() For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. Summary "A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. ![]()
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