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People give way too much weight to a handover promise with a completely different country, and not the wording of the Hong Kong constitution and the Chinese Con
by vmception 6y ago
People give way too much weight to a handover promise with a completely different country, and not the wording of the Hong Kong constitution and the Chinese Constitution.
Both allow for everything that has happened, which suggests restraint by both Hong Kong and Chinese authories.
Hong Kong Basic Law (its constitution) allows for National Security to be controlled by Beijing.
I can see the symbolism of 50 year autonomy being undermined, but can someone explain why this topic never has a legal discussion attached, whereas other topics do?
- computerfriend 6y agoThis is not true. The basic law explicitly excludes this, because there is a provision for national security in article 23. Annex iii can contain national laws that are not covered by the basic law (e.g. foreign policy).