What Will Happen Hong Kong 2047

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What will happen hong kong 2047. Hong kong s independent english language news open search. What happens after. As hong kong s protests took a decidedly violent turn earlier this year one of the city s top officials was preoccupied with something potentially more explosive. A simple statement that hong kong s way of life can continue indefinitely after 2047 until otherwise agreed would sets minds at ease in hong kong and aid beijing s case for reunification with.

That arrangement known as one. Chapter 1 article 5 of the hong kong basic law the constitutional document of the hong kong special administrative region reads. Few are inclined to speculate on what might be left of hong kong s autonomy by 2047. What happens on july 1 2047.

However what will happen after 2047 hong kong and 2049 macau has never been publicly stated. Just as british colonial hong kong was famously described by the eurasian writer han suyin as existing on borrowed time in a borrowed place the clock to 2047 is ticking. When china regained sovereignty over hong kong from the british in 1997 it was under an agreement to allow the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. They shrank after the handover but revived in 2003 when half.