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The Hong Kong–Mainland China conflict refers to the tense relations between Hong Kong and mainland China. Various factors have contributed to this tension, including different interpretations of the " one country, two systems " principle; the policies of the Hong Kong and central governments to encourage mainland visitors to Hong Kong; and ...
In 1942, the Republic of China repealed the "unequal treaties" and began negotiations with the United Kingdom on the establishment of a new, fairer treaty. The highest authority in China, the Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission of the National Government, Chiang Kai-Shek, attempted to put the issue of Hong Kong onto the two parties' agenda, suggesting that the Kowloon concession should ...
Wen-Chung Huang stated, "Next after Hong Kong is Taiwan, and then China will target Okinawa". [20] Zhao Zhongzheng, a supporter of Tsai Ing-wen, remarked, "The Communist Party's fangs will inevitably turn toward Taiwan after Hong Kong, and then towards Japan. What is happening in Hong Kong today could happen tomorrow in Taiwan and the day after ...
Tensions between China and Taiwan soared to new heights this week as Beijing deployed warplanes and naval vessels in a mock invasion of the island to demonstrate its anger and towards the new ...
In 2012, 95% of travellers who travelled between Shenzhen and Hong Kong more than once daily were mainland parallel traders. [1] Mainland consumers are able to earn profits through smuggling because of the advantage of favourable exchange rate, the absence of taxes and tariff in Hong Kong, and lax customs on the mainland side.
The main complaint of this protest was the act of parallel trading; where traders would commute from mainland China to Hong Kong, purchase large amounts of a given good, and resell them in China at higher prices for profit. The immediate effects of this result in long border queues for commuters, crowded public transport (from the border ...
The annual 1 July march at the Jardine's Bazaar shopping district.. As the city marked the 22nd anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the annual pro-democracy protest march organised by CHRF claimed a record turnout of 550,000 while police placed the estimate around 190,000; [2] [3] independent organisations using scientific methods calculated that participation was in the region of ...
Since the end of 2014 Hong Kong Protests and the failure of 2014–15 Hong Kong electoral reform, led to changes to new political changes within Hong Kong society.Public dissatisfaction (among Hong Kong Youth) with Pro-democracy camp for their lack of progress in introducing democracy and the Pro-Beijing camp for not looking out for Hong Kong's interests, led to new "localist" parties being ...