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This Declaration saw the turning over of the sovereignty of Hong Kong on December 19, 1984.

The issue of China and Taiwan has long been receiving attention, not only in Asia but also the other side of the world. As early as the 1950s, US President Harry S. Truman declared that America would perform ‘lawful and necessary functions in
that area’ (Wachman 2001) should China attempt to occupy Taiwan (or ‘Formosa’) at that time. Dragging over decades, whether Taiwan should unify with China, declare independence, or remain unchanged, is still a popular topic within academia as well with the public. Positions on the subject form the basis for the main ideological and electoral platforms of the two dominant parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

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China passed a law in 2005 authorizing an attack if the island declares independence. Even with only a handful of nations recognizing Taiwan, its 23.5 million people have built their economy into a technology and manufacturing powerhouse. Average income is three times greater than that of China. Much of Apple’s iPhone is made by Taiwanese companies, while tech giants including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company lead the world in making computer chips for other firms.

Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with certain political and economic freedoms based on the notion of “one country, two systems.” The former British colony is a global financial capital that has thrived off its proximity to China, but in recent years many in Hong Kong have become frustrated by growing economic disparities in the city and weary of delays in democratic reform...

Published by the Council on Foreign Relations, this article covers the history and current nature of Taiwan's relationship with China.

H.R.2479 - Taiwan Relations Act signed into law on 04/10/1979 Declares it to be the policy of the United States to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China mainland and all other people of the Western Pacific area.

Greater China is known as a growth story with unique market characteristics, which cater to the market's needs with indices like the S&P Total Greater China BMI Index and the S&P QDII so that we can help uncover the potential from investment perspectives across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

The revenue in Greater China, which includes the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao, stood at 16.2 billion US dollars in the quarter, down 12 ...

As China seeks to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, it seems nothing is safe when it comes to the city’s powers and decision-making rights. After chipping away at Hong Kong’s autonomy in areas such as university appointments and legislative council election rules, Beijing now wants to control even our visa policies.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lin Fei-fan led the charge nearly three years ago when hundreds of students occupied Taiwan’s legislature to protest a trade deal with China. With the island’s economy increasingly tied to the mainland’s, and Beijing’s global influence on the rise, he worried that Taiwan’s independence was at stake — and might be a lost cause.

Now, thanks to a couple of sentences uttered by Donald J. Trump on a talk show, Mr. Lin has new hope.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is expected to approve a new batch of sophisticated arms sales to Taiwan in a move that analysts say would help boost the island, but also cast uncertainties over their now stringent cross-strait relations.

It would be an enormous mistake to overlook the key importance of Taiwan for China’s security policy – and to ignore the sense of urgency that currently prevails in Beijing regarding domestic trends inside Taiwan. Between 2008 and 2016, the accommodative policies of President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan led to so much stability in cross-strait relations that the Taiwan issue disappeared from the radar screens of most politicians and security analysts. This was to the relief of many in Europe to whom Taiwan constitutes an irritant in European Union-China relations. It represents Europe’s democratic values made manifest but complicates the EU’s strategic imperative to avoid challenging China on its core interests...

Independence movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan are set to become more difficult.
China's Communist Party has put separatist activities in Hong Kong and Taiwan as focuses of its national security strategy for the first time.
With more on this and other news in East Asia..we turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... Beijing appears to be cementing its grip on power and sending out a warning to independence activists...

China will launch a pilot scheme linking the debt markets of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland by the end of 2017. Dubbed “Bond Connect”, this is seen as another important step to open the capital market after the launching of the stock connect scheme.

BEIJING (AP) — After repeatedly bashing China on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping for the first time last week at Trump's Florida

The Chinese Government has delivered on a promise to ban the ivory trade by starting to close some of the 34 licensed carving factories and 130 retailers...

Politics has become a big focus for investors over the last year. Populist parties are increasing in popularity and the mainstream centre parties are losing votes. So, markets have become very focused on this area and of course last year we had the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump...

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold their first summit meeting on Thursday (April 6).

By choosing the Mar-a-Lago resort as the venue, both sides seek to play down the pomp and circumstance of a full state visit, before they get to know each other better.