britain gave hong kong to china on the date of 1 july 1997.
britain gave hong kong to china on the date of 1 july 1997.
on what date did britain give hong kong to china?
1 july 1997
as a result of negotiations and the 1984 agreement between china and britain, hong kong was returned to china and became its first special administrative region on 1 july 1997, under the principle of "one country, two systems". hong kong has a different political system from mainland china. hong kong's independent judiciary functions under the common law framework. the hong kong basic law, the constitutional document drafted by the chinese side before the handover based on the terms enshrined in the joint declaration, governs its political system, and stipulates that hong kong shall have a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign relations and military defence. the declaration stipulates that the region maintain its capitalist economic system and guarantees the rights and freedoms of its people for at least 50 years after the 1997 handover. the guarantees over the territory's autonomy and the individual rights and freedoms are enshrined in the hong kong basic law, which outlines the system of governance of the hong kong special administrative region, but which is subject to the interpretation of the standing committee of the national people's congress (npcsc).
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according to the producers, the film was intended to be an homage to hong kong. lee said "we were so intrigued as to why snowden came to hong kong. all of us love hong kong to death; we all call hong kong home." the filmmakers, on the group youtube page, stated "while nearly every media outlet wanted to get their hands on him, we decided to produce a short fiction video to depict his experience in hk, and how it would have affected certain parties. namely, the cia contingent based in hk who would be tasked to find snowden. the hong kong police who would be stuck in between the u.s. and china, and the journalists who want to get the scoop." lee said that the film was created "to catch onto the interest on snowden and the attention on hong kong." according to tse, a then 28-year-old native of toronto, ontario and a graduate of the york university film studies programme who worked as a teacher in hong kong, "we tried to give hong kong the limelight we think it deserves." tse said that the group had initially considered an outright comedy, a spoof, or a thriller in the style of jason bourne; ultimately they opted for a depiction of the events that may have unfolded. lee said that the bourne film series and the works of director michael mann had inspired him.
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