香港返還に関わる英語メデイアの報道スタンス
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Hong Kong reverted to China in 1977,after 156 years of British rule. Since the British flag was first raised over the socalled "barren island, " the British developed Hong Kong into one of the most thriving business centers of the world. Hong Kong was ceded by the Qing Dynasty of China as a result of the Opium Wars (1839-42) between China and the British, and the New Territories were ostensibly leased to the British for 99 years starting from 1898. With the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911,the first Chinese Republic declared that all unequal treaties were null and void, but a weak republic prevented the Chinese from converting this principle into reality. During World War II, Japan occupied Hong Kong for five years (1941-45), incorporating it into Japan's Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere, but that didn't last long because of Japan's surrender. It was a chance for China to liberate Hong Kong, but China was too shorthanded to cope with the Communists. Accordingly, the Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) authorized the British to accept Japan's surrender in Hong Kong. In 1949,the Communist Mao Zedong (1893-1976) came to power and proclaimed mainland China the People's Republic of China. Over the next two decades, the Communists radically transformed China, but regarding Hong Kong, they were in no furry to take it back, as Mao said in 1959 that it would be better to keep Hong Kong the way it had been. Certainly, for China, Hong Kong's situation and China's involvement with Hong Kong has been beneficial for the mainland. Hong Kong capital remains the largest source of foreign investment in China. Hong Kon ventures account for almost half of China's exports. As the expiration of the 99-year lease on the New Territories came up, the British requested negotiations on Hong Kong's future with China and reached an agreement under which Hong Kong would revert to China on July 1,1997. Under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong under the concept of "one country, two systems" with "a high degree of autonomy" for Hong Kong which is to remain a capitalist society for another 50 years. This policy was first proposed by Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) in 1978 as a framework for reuniting Taiwan to the mainland. The idea helped Margaret Thatcher (1925- ) to shape talks over the return of Hong Kong in the early 1980s and is now enshrined in the Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-1997 constitution. When the British flag came down for the last time over Hong Kong on June 30,1997,more than 8,300 journalists came from around the world were there to record the event in detail. The following is an examination of their stances in reporting on the Hong Kong handover and beyond.
- 大垣女子短期大学の論文
- 1998-03-20