From Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019: The Evolution of the US’s Hong Kong Policy in the Context of the Rise of China

IF 0.2 Q4 LAW
Jie Liu, Congyan Cai
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Abstract

The US has huge interests in Hong Kong. In 1992, a few years before China resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the US adopted the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. The keynote of the Act is to enhance the cooperation with and maintain the treatment to Hong Kong. This tune has changed in the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, which is obviously the response of the US to widespread protests in Hong Kong arising from the Extradition Bill proposed by the Government of Hong Kong SAR. The new law includes several negative elements. It marks a change in the US policy towards Hong Kong and furthermore represents a change in the US policy towards China. The new law should not merely be understood as the US’s support for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong. Instead, it should be considered as a major leverage which the US may maneuver to engage a rising China.
从1992年《香港政策法案》到2019年《香港人权与民主法案》:中国崛起背景下美国香港政策的演变
美国在香港拥有巨大利益。1992年,也就是1997年中国恢复对香港主权的几年前,美国通过了1992年美国-香港政策法案。该法案的主旨是加强与香港的合作并保持对香港的待遇。这一论调在2019年《香港人权与民主法案》中发生了变化,这显然是美国对香港特别行政区政府提出的引渡法案在香港引发的广泛抗议的回应。新法律包含了几个消极因素。这标志着美国对香港政策的转变,也标志着美国对华政策的转变。新法律不应仅仅被理解为美国对香港民主和人权的支持。相反,它应该被视为美国可能用来与崛起中的中国接触的一个主要杠杆。
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