From Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019: The Evolution of the US’s Hong Kong Policy in the Context of the Rise of China
| Autor: | Congyan Cai, Jie Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Government
Human rights media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050801 communication & media studies Context (language use) Democracy 0508 media and communications 0504 sociology Leverage (negotiation) Sovereignty Political science Political economy China Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of East Asia and International Law. 13:7-20 |
| ISSN: | 1976-9229 |
| Popis: | The US has huge interests in Hong Kong. In 1992, a few years before China resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the US adopted the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. The keynote of the Act is to enhance the cooperation with and maintain the treatment to Hong Kong. This tune has changed in the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, which is obviously the response of the US to widespread protests in Hong Kong arising from the Extradition Bill proposed by the Government of Hong Kong SAR. The new law includes several negative elements. It marks a change in the US policy towards Hong Kong and furthermore represents a change in the US policy towards China. The new law should not merely be understood as the US’s support for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong. Instead, it should be considered as a major leverage which the US may maneuver to engage a rising China. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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