Introduction to Sociology and Political Science
Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is located in the southern coast of China, surrounded by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. It is well known of having a vast skyline and deep natural harbor, and is one of the world’s most densely populated areas in the world.
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geographic and political geopolitical field under the jurisdiction of the PRC’s terminology to describe, generally excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Between Hong Kong and Mainland China, there are many complicated relation: History, culture, economic, society, education, etc. How do these relations affect Hong Kong and Mainland China?
History
In the First Opium War, on 29th August 1842, China signed a peace treaty, the Treaty of Nanking, ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain, together with the neighboring Ap Lei Chau. In 1898, the United Kingdom(UK) signed the Extension of Hong Kong boundary of special articles and a series of other rental treaty with the Chinese, rent the outlying islands of the northern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and adjacent to more than two hundred islands, a term of 99 years, and at the end of 1997.
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the UK to RPC, called “the Handover” internationally and “the Return” or “The Reunification” from the Mainland China, took place on 1st July 1997, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. Since 1st July 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong was formally established. Implementation of “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy, and only the defense and foreign affairs are responsible by the Central People’s Government.
Since Hong Kong had been ruled and run by the British for almost 100 years, both the culture and
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geographic and political geopolitical field under the jurisdiction of the PRC’s terminology to describe, generally excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Between Hong Kong and Mainland China, there are many complicated relation: History, culture, economic, society, education, etc. How do these relations affect Hong Kong and Mainland China?
History
In the First Opium War, on 29th August 1842, China signed a peace treaty, the Treaty of Nanking, ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain, together with the neighboring Ap Lei Chau. In 1898, the United Kingdom(UK) signed the Extension of Hong Kong boundary of special articles and a series of other rental treaty with the Chinese, rent the outlying islands of the northern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and adjacent to more than two hundred islands, a term of 99 years, and at the end of 1997.
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the UK to RPC, called “the Handover” internationally and “the Return” or “The Reunification” from the Mainland China, took place on 1st July 1997, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. Since 1st July 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong was formally established. Implementation of “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy, and only the defense and foreign affairs are responsible by the Central People’s Government.
Since Hong Kong had been ruled and run by the British for almost 100 years, both the culture and