America's Hong Kong Policies and Recent Political Trends

Since Hong Kong's reunification, America pays strict attraction to the development of Hong Kong and adopts "1992 United States-Hong Kong Act" as the foundation and legislation basis of U.S.-Hong Kong Policy. This Act recognizes "Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong" and accepts "one country, two systems". Specifically, this Act requires America, before, within and after the date 1 July 1997, to play an actively role to maintain the credit and prosperity of Hong Kong, and to protect its financially central position in international economic circle. In recent years, controversies on Hong Kong political reform provoke America's increasing intervention in Hong Kong affairs. This article is based on the recent U.S-Hong Kong policies and the comprehensive Sino U.S relations, to analyze the incentives behind those U.S-Hong Kong policies and thus, evaluating the adjustment and variations in U.S-Hong Kong relations.