The sixteen-character solution : negotiations between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China over the future of Hong Kong, September 1982 - September 1984

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Leeds, Roger S. author

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In the summer of 1982, the British and Chinese governments began to negotiate the future of Hong Kong, the adjacent New Territories, and their six million inhabitants after the expiration of Britai...

In the summer of 1982, the British and Chinese governments began to negotiate the future of Hong Kong, the adjacent New Territories, and their six million inhabitants after the expiration of Britain's lease on the New Territories in 1997. An agreement in September 1984 provided for the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997 -- guaranteeing substantial administrative and economic autonomy for the territory during the subsequent 50 years. This analysis of the two governments' respective negotiating strategies throughout the two-year process should stimulate discussion on negotiating transfers of sovereignty.

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