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"When the lease agreement between China and Britain expires on 30th June 1997, Hong Kong will cease to exist as a British Crown Colony." The article analyzes the changes in the political situation of China since 1969 and looks ahead over the next 14 years at the likely political course of China especially within the context of its relations with Britain and her Crown Colony. British-Chinese negotiations on the future of Hong Kong since 1979 and Chinese insistence on sovereignty over Hong Kong. (DÜI-Sen)

The 1984 Anglo-Chinese agreement on the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

According to the author, although in signing the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong Britain and China may have achieved their political aims, the legal structures and procedures created by this treaty are awkward and unmanageable. The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has now largely replaced the Joint Declaration as the centre-piece of the transition process of Hong Kong. The author explores Hong Kong's legal relationship with China taking into account the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. (DÜI-Sen)

Hong Kong's relationship with mainland China has deteriorated since July 1997. Yet, for more than 150 years, colonial Hong Kong and China not only coexisted with but benefited each other. This text shows how the porous boundary between Hong Kong and China defies many assumptions about nationalism, colonialism, and decolonization