Treaty for a Lost City: The Sino-British Joint Declaration PDF
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AccusationsfromtheWestthatChinaistearinguptheSinoBritishJointDeclaration over Hong Kong are serious calumnies. This book shows how two diametrically opposed solutions were put together. The British wanted a treaty, and the Chinese wantedaunilateraldeclarationofpolicy.Thepolicywasenshrinedintreatyform–in otherwordsprovingthemaximthatatreatybetweenstatesisadisagreementputinto writing.Itisarivetingread,theworkofafirstclass,razor-sharpmind,adistinguished academicaswellasaprominentbarrister. –AnthonyCarty,formerlySirYKPaoChairofPublicLaw,UniversityofHongKong, atpresentChairofPublicInternationalLaw,BeijingInstituteofTechnologySchoolof Law,Beijing. TreatyforaLostCitygivesatimely,scholarlyandthoroughaccountoftheconstitu- tional history of Hong Kong from the time of the negotiations that led to the Joint Declaration of 1984 through to the present day with the enactment of the National SecurityLawof2020.Allthisisseenthroughtheprismofinternationallawingeneral andtheJointDeclarationinparticular.ProfessorLimguidesthereadersurefootedly throughthisthicketoflaw.Noteveryconclusionhereacheswillbeacceptedbutwhat hesaysisimpossibletoignore. –ChristopherForsythwasSirDavidWilliamsProfessorofPublicLawintheUniversity ofCambridgeandisHonoraryProfessorofLawintheUniversityofStellenbosch ThisisthebestaccountoftheBasicLaw’srelationshipwiththeJointDeclaration,and therelationshipbetweentheBasicLaw,internationallawandnationallaw,dubbed ‘theHolyTrinity’.Itofferspenetratinganalysesoftheconstitutionalcontroversiesthat havearisen.Basedonarchivalworkandaneven-handedandfairreadingoftherelevant legal texts, this monograph offers a fresh perspective of Hong Kong’s constitutional order.Anelegantandcompellingbook. –HualingFu,Dean,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofHongKong Thisisanimportantbookwhichvividlyilluminatesthebargainingprocessthatshaped theSino-BritishJointDeclaration.ItgivesfullplaytoChineseargumentsaboutthe Treaty and proposes an original counterpoint to the liberal argument about Hong Kong’sconstitutionalidentity.TreatyforaLostCityisanessentialresourceforpeople whowishtoexplorethedebateaboutHongKong’sconstitutionaltreaty;orwhowishto understandwhatHongKonghasbecome. –EwanSmith,ChristChurch,Oxford treaty for a lost city TheSino-BritishJointDeclarationwassignedin1984andtransferredcontrolof HongKongtothePeople’sRepublicofChinafrom1July1997.Thissetthescene fortheestablishmentoftheSpecialAdministrativeRegion(SAR)inHongKong, whichhaswitnessedcivilunrestin2019–20,culminatingintheNationalSecurity Law on 30 June 2020. In the twenty-fifth anniversary year of the handover of Hong Kong, C. L. Lim uses British archival sources to re-examine the Joint Declaration, the negotiations that led up to it and its resounding significance. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher’s preparations for her Beijing trip, the book takesachronologicalapproachandoffersavaluable,single-volumehistoryofthe Joint Declaration. In light of tumultuous current developments in Hong Kong, Lim provides a vital, clear explanation of the legal complexities that have underpinnedtherelationshipsbetweenChina,HongKongandBritainsince1979. ChinLengLimisChoh-MingLiProfessorofLawattheChineseUniversityof HongKong,VisitingProfessoratKing’sCollegeLondon,HonorarySeniorFellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, a member of the InternationalandComparativeLawQuarterlyeditorialcommittee,andmembre associe´ del’InstitutdeDroitInternational. Treaty for a Lost City the sino-british joint declaration C. L. LIM TheChineseUniversityofHongKong UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108838757 doi:10.1017/9781108976381 ©C.L.Lim2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-108-83875-7Hardback isbn978-1-108-97230-7Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. ToLyn,oncemore Contents Preface pagexi Acknowledgements xiv TableofProvisionsintheJointDeclarationandtheBasicLaw oftheHongKongS.A.R. xvi parti 1982–1997 IntroductiontoPartI 3 1 NegotiationsCommence 5 2 TheJointDeclaration 26 3 TwilightofColonialRule,DemocraticReform,theBasicLaw andBillofRights:1984–1997 56 partii 1997–2014 IntroductiontoPartII 79 4 TheCourtandtheCanariesinaStorm 81 5 ForeignTreatyRelations 110 6 ActsofState,ForeignAffairs,Defence 129 7 Demos 147 partiii 2014–2021 IntroductiontoPartIII 175 ix
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