The History of Hong Kong as a British colony dates back to the first opium wars. But in 1997, Hong Kong was handed by to China under the “One Country Two Systems” declaration that would allow Hong Kong to remain independent from Beijing until 2047. However, it is 2019, and China doesn’t want to wait until then.
If you’ve followed the news, you’ll know that in the past few months, we’ve seen several demonstrations by Hong Kong people in opposition of a recent China Extradition Bill that would give Beijing more power over Hong Kong people, who see this Bill as another act by China to slowly strip away the Island’s independence.
So What Exactly is this Bill?
It all started when a Hong Kong couple last year in February 2018 went to Taiwan for vacation. However, Chan Tong-Kai allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend, Poon Hiu-Wing, in Taiwan, and then fled back to Hong Kong. Chan admitted to the murder of his girlfriend, but Hong Kong police were unable to charge him for murder (because it occurred in Taiwan and HK has no jurisdiction there), but they were neither able to extradite him to Taiwan because no agreement between HK-Taiwan is in place.
So now we have this legal loophole.
Thus, in February 2019, Hong Kong government proposed this formal extradition…
