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The film is an allusion to the changes that have taken place in the city since the 1997 transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 2047 meteor a metaphor for the real-world expiry of the autonomy afforded to Hong Kong within the One country, two systems arrangement, and the uncertainty that follows.
On 30 May 2020, the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, in a White House press conference, officially declared that the United States would be ending special treatments afforded to Hong Kong as outlined in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act, due to China replacing the promised formula of "one country, two systems" with "one ...
After 1997, Hong Kong experienced problems integrating with the Chinese mainland over economic, cultural, and political issues. [2] On the economic side, the Hong Kong government pushed for several controversial policies, such as the Individual Visit Scheme, an integration plan with the Pearl River Delta, and the construction of high-speed rail.
Authorities in Hong Kong may have hoped to start 2020 by putting a turbulent period of sustained, often violent protests behind them. Instead hundreds of thousands of protesters ushered in the new ...
The documentary gets its name from the second half of a ubiquitous political slogan of "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times".In July 2021, three specially designated national security law judges of the Hong Kong High Court unanimously convicted a Hong Kong protester, Tong Ying-kit, for secession and terrorism over ramming his motorcycle into three police officers while flying a flag ...
The survey also shows that more than 40% of people are pessimistic about Hong Kong's future competitiveness. 58% of the respondents did not intend to leave Hong Kong, 77% of the interviewed members believed that the quality of life in Hong Kong was good, and 48% of the respondents believed that Hong Kong was close to the mainland market. [34]
After the 1 July police stabbing, Hong Kong police and the government characterized the incident as a "lone wolf" terrorist attack. Foreign media saw the stabbing as a sign of a steep decline of the reputation of the police in the eyes of some locals, a process that had begun with the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.
As the December 2021 Hong Kong legislative election was drawing closer, Secretary for Security Chris Tang warned in a blog post against asking people not to vote or to cast an invalid ballot. He described such behavior as not only being in breach of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance, but also a possible violation of the ...