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Does Hong Kong count as mainland China?
Hong Kong and Macau are both sovereign territories of the People’s Republic of China. However, due to the One Country Two Systems policy, the two regions maintain a high degree of autonomy, hence they are considered not to be part of mainland China.
Can Hong Kong be free from China?
Legality: Article 1 of the Hong Kong Basic Law states that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China. Any advocacy for Hong Kong separating from China has no legal basis.
Why is China so worried about the Hong Kong protests?
Interviews with insiders and advisers, as well as speeches, policy papers and state-funded studies, reveal Chinese officials’ growing alarm over protests in Hong Kong; their impatience with wavering among the city’s pro-Beijing ruling elite; and their growing conviction that Hong Kong had become a haven for Western-backed subversion.
What do young Hong Kongers think of the Chinese government?
Fewer and fewer young people in Hong Kong identified themselves as Chinese nationals, as found by pollsters at the University of Hong Kong. The younger respondents were, the more distrustful they were of the Chinese government.
Why is China dismissing the 1997 Hong Kong Declaration as a relic?
The government began dismissing as a relic the joint declaration with Britain that laid out conditions for Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997. A Chinese diplomat in London said the declaration was “now void,” according to a British lawmaker. But Mr. Xi was not yet ready to make dramatic incursions into Hong Kong.
Why is anti-mainland sentiment rising in Hong Kong?
Anti-mainland sentiment had begun to swell in the 2010s. The daily quota of 150 immigrants from China since 1997, and the massive flows of mainland visitors strained Hong Kong’s public services and eroded local culture; mainlanders’ perceived arrogance drew the scorn of Hongkongers.