What was the Sino-British joint declaration about?
The Sino-British joint declaration was signed by both the Chinese and the British about the ownership of Hong Kong. This was signed because, originally, the Chinese owned the island. However, after several fights between the two countries -which the British won- they claimed Hong Kong and kept it under British rule for over one hundred years.
However, in an attempt to make British and Chinese relationships better, Britain gave Hong Kong back to China under the condition that (until 2047) the citizens of Hong Kong would have a democracy and have freedom of speech. This was made official by the agreement on the 19th December 1984. Both the Chinese and British were expected to uphold the terms of the pact.
For example some of this terms were:
The name used for international relations will be 'Hong Kong, China'. In doing so it may maintain and develop economic and cultural relations and agreements with states, regions and relevant international organisations on its own and it may issue travel documents for Hong Kong,
It will have independent finances with its own budgets and final accounts, but reporting it to the Central People's Government. Additionally, the Central People's Government will not levy taxes on it.
The [HKSAR] will retain the status of a free port and a separate customs territory. It can continue the free trade policy, including free movement of goods and capital.
This shows that ,although China owned Hong Kong, the citizens of the Island still had the benefits of being a British colony. Therefore, this was the meaning of the Sino-British joint declaration.
Comments (9)
11 Sep 2019
Thank you for this contribution honorable_conclusion. Could you add where you found your information? It's a great idea to get in this habit so people can understand if it has come from a trustworthy source (just like we would do with the news)!
11 Sep 2019
Yes I was going to but forgot last minute the websites they were from were:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
http://www.gov.cn/english/2007-06/14/content_649468.htm
I would like to add this to help people with finding trustworthy news.
Wikipedia isn’t a trustworthy source in my opinion. Anyone can sign in, change it, and you never know how they got the information, or if it is reliable. I would check on multiple websites, at least 2, and see the similarities. If I find the same answer in the multiple websites, it’s most likely going to be true.
I hope this helped people find fake news.
Yes that is why I put both of the sources I used on the comment.
I agree with you that Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source because anyone can edit and make it fake
24 Sep 2019
Oh my word this is a lot of work it has given me a lot of ideas to magpie of this piece WELL DONE !!
07 Oct 2019
Great work!! Awesome
22 Oct 2019
that was very helpful for school .Great work
06 Nov 2019
Like everyone else is saying this is a lot of work you should be very proud it must of took a lot of time and evert well done hope to see more from you 😘
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