But the Hong Kong government has resisted launching that kind of inquiry. The Hong Kong Bar Assn. AdvertisementThe bar association noted there have been at least 17 commissions of inquiry in Hong Kong since 1966, three of which dealt with police misconduct. Hong Kong has been administered under a “one country, two systems” framework since the former British crown colony was returned to China in 1997. Hong Kong acts as a node to global markets accessible to China’s partially closed economy — one that can only exist with a separate legal system and banking system from China’s.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2020 23:48 UTC