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Hong Kong Knuckles Under Again to China

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Philip Bowring
Sep 07, 2011
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Hong Kong’s long-term role as an international business center has been undermined by a decision by China’s National People’s Congress which in effect makes the territory part of the People’s Republic of China rather than a separate legal entity in certain key commercial cases.

Although the decision was not unexpected, it has international lawyers and th…

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