{"id":81889,"date":"2019-09-17T07:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T07:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=81889"},"modified":"2019-09-17T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T08:00:15","slug":"hong-kong-extradition-bill-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/hong-kong-extradition-bill-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong extradition bill issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Consider the following statements in reference to the recent Hong Kong unrest and choose the correct option:<\/strong>\n<br>(1)\tThere had been a violent protest over the proposed extradition bill by the Chinese government.\n<br>(2)\tThis bill allowed the person in trial to be extradited to mainland China for further proceedings.\n<br>(3)\tHong Kong was taken over by China in 1997 after an agreement with Portugal.\n<br>(4)\tThe leader of Hong Kong is Carrie Lam.\n<strong><br>Correct Option:<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\t1, 2 and 4\n<br>(b)\t1, 3 and 4\n<br>(c)\t1 and 4 only\n<br>(d)\tAll of the above.\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">null<li>China\nadministered <strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> had witnessed a mass protest since months. It\nreached its 13<sup>th<\/sup> week recently.<\/li><li>The\nprotests started in the month of June against an extradition bill proposed by\nthe Hong Kong government.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Point of\ncontention; the Extradition Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The\nextradition bill which proposes to allow the city government to extradite any\nsuspect to places with which Hong Kong does not have extradition accords. <\/li><li>With\nthis, the <strong>suspects can be extradited to mainland China<\/strong>. It was brought\nin <strong>April 2019<\/strong> since when the protest erupted.<\/li><li>The\ncurrent extradition agreements had left mainland China and Taiwan as these\nregions have fundamentally different criminal justice systems.<\/li><li>As\nper the government, this rule helped the criminals to avoid trial elsewhere by\ntaking refuge in the city. <\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>This\nbill would close the loophole so that suspects wanted elsewhere, including in\nmainland China, could be extradited. <\/li><li>The\n<strong>extradition plan applies to 37 crimes<\/strong>, including murder, sexual\noffences, abduction, drug peddling and corruption, with retroactive effect. <\/li><li>People opposed the bill as it\ncan increase the <strong>cases of unfair trials<\/strong> and violent treatment. <\/li><li>People\nare worried of the growing instances of <strong>Beijing\u2019s meddling in Hong Kong\u2019s\naffairs <\/strong>and rising authoritarian traits of the city\u2019s rulers. <\/li><li>This bill could have allowed\nChina to <strong>target the pro-democracy activists and active critics of Chinese\npolicies.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li>It\nwould have practically broken the existing legal barriers between Hong Kong and\nmainland China that are guaranteed under the \u201c<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>\u201d model.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One\nCountry Two System Model:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hong Kong was a <strong>British colony<\/strong> for more than 150 years. It was taken over by China in 1997 under this model.<\/li><li><strong>Hong Kong and Macau<\/strong> are the two <strong>Special Administrative Regions<\/strong> under which they can have different economic and political systems from that of mainland China even being part of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/li><li>The <strong>One Country Two Systems policy<\/strong> was originally proposed by <strong>Deng Xiaoping <\/strong>shortly after he took the reins of the country in the late 1970s allowing the parts to have a separate system of administration.<\/li><li>The island has since been run as a <strong>separate entity from the mainland China<\/strong> with more autonomy than mainland China, except in foreign and defence affairs.<\/li><li>This autonomy helped in establishing Hong Kong as an <strong>economic hub<\/strong> with massive flourish of business and trade making it the business centre of Asia.<\/li><li>Hong Kong&#8217;s\u00a0mini-constitution, t<strong>he Basic Law<\/strong>, says it should ultimately both the leader, and the Legislative Council, should be elected in a more democratic way.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Current scenario:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hong Kong leader Carrie\nLam<\/strong> announced on <strong>September 5, 2019<\/strong> that the\ngovernment has decided for the <strong>withdrawal of the city&#8217;s controversial\nextradition bill.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li>Still a large part of <strong>protest\nis going on<\/strong> demanding <strong>full-fledged democracy<\/strong> in the island with\nregular elections and representative government.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-49589440\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-49589440<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-48607723\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-48607723<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/what-are-the-protests-in-hong-kong-all-about\/article27950931.ece\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/what-are-the-protests-in-hong-kong-all-about\/article27950931.ece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/explained-what-is-chinas-one-country-two-systems-policy\/article29279828.ece\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/explained-what-is-chinas-one-country-two-systems-policy\/article29279828.ece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-49317695\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-49317695<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements in reference to the recent Hong Kong unrest and choose the correct option: (1) There had been a violent protest over the proposed extradition bill by the Chinese government. (2) This bill allowed the person in trial to be extradited to mainland China for further proceedings. (3) Hong Kong was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}