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>then there was nothing until November-December
Bzzzt, computer says no
>it promised to abide by the two party system for 50 years, 50 years is not up yet.
So indeed you were talking about that sino-british communique. Here is an english version of the relevant part:
>(12) The above-stated basic policies of the People's Republic of China regarding Hong Kong and the elaboration of them in annex I to this Joint Declaration will be stipulated, in a Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, and they will remain unchanged for 50 years.
>The Constitution of the People's Republic of China stipulates in Article 31 that "the state may establish special administrative regions when necessary. The systems to be instituted in special administrative regions shall be prescribed by laws enacted by the National People's Congress in the light of the specific conditions." In accordance with this Article, the People's Republic of China shall, upon the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, establish the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China shall enact and promulgate a Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Basic Law) in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, stipulating that after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region the socialist system and socialist policies shall not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and that Hong Kong's previous capitalist system and life-style shall remain unchanged for 50 years.
It is not a "promise". There is an actual law written, promulgated, interpreted, and implemented by (as said before) beijing's legislature (or "national people's congress") which stipulates the policies, terms, conditions under which the HK SAR will be administered. And those policies, terms, conditions, as stipulated in that law, shall "remain unchanged for 50 years". This is what I was talking about when I said "beijing-hongkong law": the so-called Basic Law. It is that law which applies since the final handover in 1997. Well, as I said, that law remains in effect and unchanged. Crucially, how it is interpreted and implemented has always been at beijing's discretion. More below.