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Hong Kong handover 20th anniversary: Opinion

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Hong Kong national security law

Opinion | Western leaders have been quick to attack security law. Too quick, actually

With the law’s text not yet revealed, Western leaders have jumped the gun and concluded that it will be oppressive and destroy the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Are Hong Kong and its people pawns in a greater geopolitical agenda?

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Hongkongers don’t need history lessons from Beijing, thanks

The View

The View | Protecting Hong Kong’s freedoms is in China’s interests

Hong Kong Basic Law

Honour promises in Joint Declaration

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What is important is not so much the legal status of the treaty, but the need for its promises – now entrenched in the Basic Law – to continue to be honoured
HK handover 20th anniversary

Hongkongers should re-educate themselves on Chinese history

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City Beat

City Beat | Xi Jinping tells city to walk steadily to its distant goal

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Hong Kong’s young radicals need to learn some respect

Joshua Wong and other Demosisto party members shout slogans after draping a black cloth on the Golden Bauhinia statue, on June 26. Protests such as these are likely to be interpreted by Beijing both as an objection to Hong Kong being restored to China, and as a deliberate, calculated insult to the president. Photo: AFP
HK handover 20th anniversary

We’ll never forget you, Britain told HK with a straight face

HK handover 20th anniversary

The Hongcouver | Has Hong Kong failed? From Vancouver, it can look that way

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New government and the community must rise to the challenge

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A flag-raising ceremony is held in Hong Kong on July 1, 2017, to mark the 20th anniversary of its return to China. Photo: Kyodo
HK handover 20th anniversary

A time to regain focus and seize the future

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Two friends chat in front of a view of Victoria Harbour and a light display commemorating the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule in Hong Kong, ahead of the handover anniversary on July 1. Photo: AFP
HK handover 20th anniversary

Can Hong Kong become indispensable again?

HK handover 20th anniversary

Xi’s trip will cement our ties to the nation

President Xi Jinping yesterday began his three-day visit to Hong Kong, the first time he has been here since he became the head of state. 

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Hong Kong must keep its eyes on the future, not the past

Edward Tse says though Hong Kong did not adapt well to the global rise of China and the game-changing tech revolution, there are now opportunities for it catch up – through the Greater Bay Area development and the belt and road plan
Hong Kong property

The View | Hong Kong must wake up and smell the coffee to stay relevant

A man walks in front of a residential and commercial building, where so-called "coffin homes" are located in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing. Photo: AP Photo
Chinese language cinema

The 25 best Hong Kong films since the 1997 handover

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty, we revisit the greatest movies the city’s cinema has produced in the past two decades

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s opportunity at prime time is ours to lose

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Money Matters

Money Matters | Capitalism with Chinese characteristics is here to stay

A flag of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) flying at Exchange Square. Photo: SCMP
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Public Eye | To celebrate Hong Kong’s handover or not? Questions to ask

Hong Kong Basic Law

How Hong Kong’s Basic Law can serve the interests of all China

Hong Kong Basic Law

Beijing’s rightful role in HK affairs should not be seen as interference

A couple walk past an image of the Chinese flag being projected on a building in Tsim Sha Tsui, ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule. China is a unitary nation, and the central government is responsible for the governance of its regions, for better and for worse. Photo: EPA

Inside Out | It’s been 20 years, Hong Kong. Please just get on with it

Hong Kong Basic Law

The growing sense of hopelessness in Hong Kong

HK handover 20th anniversary

Commitment to ‘one country, two systems’ must remain strong

HK handover 20th anniversary

How far should Britain go to ensure Joint Declaration promises are kept?

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Hong Kong’s last governor Chris Patten (right) waves to well-wishers as he boards the Royal Yacht Britannia accompanied by Prince Charles prior to their departure from Hong Kong. Photo: AFP Romeo Gacad
HK handover 20th anniversary

How Beijing can ensure HK doesn’t fade into obscurity

Frank Ching says the Tung administration marked the high point of Hong Kong autonomy, but even with the erosion of trust and Beijing’s recent hardline statements, Chinese leaders don’t want Hong Kong to fade under Chinese sovereignty
HK handover 20th anniversary

The summer of Hong Kong’s discontent, 20 years since the handover

Chinese language cinema

The next best 25 Hong Kong films since the 1997 handover

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty, SCMP’s film editor revisits some of the greatest movies the city’s cinema has produced in the past two decades

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9 September, 2024
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