Sovereignty, autonomy, and reunification
Basic Laws, reunification policy, Hong Kong and Macau practice, Taiwan white papers, national security, and autonomy.
One country, two systems is both a constitutional arrangement and an international-order argument: it links sovereignty, autonomy, treaty transition, national security, and the PRC's preferred framework for Taiwan reunification.
中华人民共和国香港特别行政区基本法
Constitutional instrument for Hong Kong's post-1997 legal order under Chinese sovereignty.
Central for debates over sovereignty, autonomy, treaty continuity, and judicial authority.
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (adopted 4 April 1990).
中华人民共和国澳门特别行政区基本法
Constitutional instrument for Macau's post-1999 legal order under Chinese sovereignty.
Provides the Macau counterpart to the Hong Kong Basic Law and a comparison point for SAR autonomy.
Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (adopted 31 March 1993).
台湾问题与新时代中国统一事业
Recent PRC white paper on Taiwan policy and reunification.
Shows updated official framing of sovereignty, national rejuvenation, and peaceful reunification.
State Council Information Office, 'The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era' (10 August 2022).
Legal practice central to sovereignty, autonomy, sanctions, and non-interference debates.
Legal practice central to sovereignty, autonomy, sanctions, and non-interference debates.
National People's Congress, 'Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR' (2020-06-30).
反分裂国家法
PRC legislation concerning Taiwan, peaceful reunification, and conditions for non-peaceful means.
Key text for linking sovereignty claims with PRC positions on force and domestic legal authorization.
Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China (adopted 14 March 2005).
The Macau SAR constitutional framework is adopted before the 1999 handover.
One country, two systems becomes a major sovereignty and legal-order issue.
Macau becomes the second SAR governed under one country, two systems.
Domestic legislation links Taiwan policy, sovereignty, and possible force.
The State Council presents an official interpretation of central authority and Hong Kong autonomy.
National security becomes a central controversy in the legal meaning of one country, two systems.
18 items
Asian Journal of International Law / 2026
Develops a typology for Taiwan Constitutional Court citations to international law and shows movement toward deeper rights-based engagement.
Asian Journal of International Law / 2026
Studies Hong Kong's final appellate court as it works with international law while operating under Basic Law interpretation and Beijing's constitutional shadow.
Rowan Nicholson - How future actions might affect the lawfulness of an attack on Taiwan - Journal on the Use of Force and International Law - 2025
Article on recognition policy and the lawfulness arguments surrounding a Taiwan conflict.
Chinese Journal of Comparative Law / 2025
Compares defamation law across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, focusing on reputation, speech, convergence, divergence, and politicization.
Xiaoshan Zhang - Article 2 of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the prohibition of abuse of fundamental rights - Asia Pacific Law Review - 2025
Article on rights review and constitutional change under the HKNSL.
Chinese Journal of International Law / 2024
Surveys Chinese private international law practice in 2023, including cross-border civil and commercial legal developments.
Huikang Huang - China's Diplomacy and International Law - Springer - 2024
Book-length statement of Chinese diplomatic and legal thinking.
William S Dodge - China's Foreign State Immunity Law - Chinese Journal of Transnational Law - 2024
Article introducing China's restrictive foreign state immunity law to English language readers.
Mikulas Fabry - The Effect of One China Policies of Foreign States on the International Status of Taiwan - Diplomacy and Statecraft - 2024
Article on recognition practice and Taiwan's international status.
Chinese Journal of Comparative Law / 2024
Examines data transfer and data protection coordination needs across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau in the Greater Bay Area.
University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review / 2024
Analyzes the 2021 Mainland-Hong Kong insolvency arrangement, its limited use, and options for improving recognition and cooperation.
Surabhi Chopra and Eva Pils - The Hong Kong National Security Law and the Struggle over Rule of Law and Democracy in Hong Kong - Federal Law Review - 2022
Article on the Hong Kong National Security Law and Basic Law obligations.
Alvin Y H Cheung - Unpalatable Realities No Choices - International Journal of Constitutional Law - 2021
Review essay on Hong Kong national security and changing legal orders.
Albert H Y Chen, 'The Changing Legal Orders in Hong Kong and China' (2021).
Launch bibliography item for legal change under one country, two systems.
Cora Chan and Fiona de Londras eds - China's National Security - Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law? - Hart Publishing - 2020
Edited volume on Hong Kong national security and constitutional order.
Macao SAR legal scholarship, 'The Legal System of Macao and One Country, Two Systems' (2020).
Research lead for adding Macau-focused scholarship during editorial review.
Danny Gittings, 'Introduction to the Hong Kong Basic Law' (2016).
Launch bibliography item for Hong Kong Basic Law and autonomy research.
Phil C W Chan, 'China, State Sovereignty and International Legal Order' (2015).
Launch bibliography item for scholarly review and expansion.
5 items
Brookings Institution - The purpose and promise of China's International Organization for Mediation - 2025
Analysis of China's new mediation organization and its possible role.
Hudson Institute - The Fraudulent UN Resolution 2758 and the Courage to Recognize Taiwan - 2025
Commentary challenging PRC interpretations of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.
CSIS ChinaPower - Employing Non-Peaceful Means Against Taiwan - 2024
Edited report on China's Anti-Secession Law and Taiwan contingencies.
Christopher B Johnstone and Bonny Lin - Responding to a More Coercive Chinese Coast Guard and a Potential PRC Quarantine of Taiwan - CSIS - 2024
CSIS analysis of quarantine scenarios and the legal framing of coast guard coercion.
CSIS ChinaPower - Surveying the Experts on China's Approach to Taiwan - 2024
Survey report on US and Taiwan expert views about coercion blockade and invasion scenarios.