Hong Kong is a gateway between China and the rest of the world, through which investment, information and expertise flow.It has been governed under the "one country, two systems" principle for a quarter of a century since its handover in 1997 to China from British rule. Under their 1984 joint declaration that formed the basis of the handover, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was assured a high degree of autonomy, freedom and human rights. After the handover, Hong Kong did enjoy freedom of speech and association and had judicial independence. But those freedoms are currently in a …READ FULL ARTICLE
