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Jun 7, 2024 · It is a holdover from Hong Kong’s past as a British colony. After the UK handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, the agreement between the countries stipulated that the special territory would ...
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Jun 6, 2024 · HONG KONG (AP) — Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, the city’s judiciary said, deepening worries over the city’s rule of law under a Beijing-imposed national security law. The judiciary said in a statement Thursday that Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins, who both serve as non-permanent overseas judges of ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Jonathan Sumption, a British judge and Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, attends a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Hong Kong, China January 16 ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Hong Kong, a former British colony, is a common law jurisdiction, unlike mainland China. After the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997, non-permanent overseas judges have consistently served on ...
Jun 11, 2024 · A British judge who recently resigned from Hong Kong's top court has warned the territory is "slowly becoming a totalitarian state" with its rule of law "profoundly compromised." Jonathan Sumption ...
Hong Kong in the 1930s. In 1898, the British sought to extend Hong Kong for defence. After negotiations began in April 1898, with the British Minister in Beijing, Sir Claude MacDonald, representing Britain, and diplomat Li Hongzhang leading the Chinese, the Second Convention of Peking was signed on 9 June.
Handover of Hong Kong, transfer of the British crown colony of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, ending 156 years of British rule. After a formal handover ceremony on July 1, 1997, the colony became the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China.
