*INTERNATIONAL law, *INTERNATIONAL obligations, *POLITICAL autonomy, TRANSFER of sovereignty, Hong Kong, China, 1997
Abstract
This paper briefly reviews the change in the political status of Hong Kong from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, sets out the international rights and obligations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as evidence of its international legal personality, and discusses whether the HKSAR can be treated as a subject of international law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]