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The Hong Kong national security law: a harbinger of China's emerging international legal discourse power
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Security Law) highlights the shortcomings of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the inherent conflicts of the "one country, two systems" principle. The arrangement ha... view more
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Security Law) highlights the shortcomings of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the inherent conflicts of the "one country, two systems" principle. The arrangement has always been full of contradictions and grey areas. With the Security Law, the Chinese leadership has created facts on the ground. The move comes at the expense of civil liberties and accelerates the spread of socialist legal concepts in Hong Kong. But, on this issue, Beijing is not isolated internationally. On the contrary, it is supported by economically dependent states in its assessment of the Security Law as an internal affair. China’s ambition to gain international discourse power in legal matters is strategically embedded in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Beijing’s course of action in Hong Kong serves as a test balloon in this endeavour. Decision-makers in Germany and Europe are still not sufficiently aware of the problems concerning Chinese legal concepts. More expertise is urgently needed. (author's abstract)... view less
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Free Keywords
Hongkong; Politisches System; Staatsform; Gesetzgebung; Internationales Recht; Nationale Sicherheit; Volksrepublik China; Auslegung von Rechtsnormen; Auslegung von völkerrechtlichem Vertrag; Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz; Freiheitsbeschränkung (Recht); Sozialistisches System/Sozialistische Gesellschaft; Innerstaatliche Faktoren der Außenpolitik; Belt and Road Initiative (PR China); Außenpolitische Strategie
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 56/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C56
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications