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 CIS NO: C 97-S381-8
 TITLE: Hong Kong: Countdown to 1997.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+59 p.
 DATE: July 18, 1996
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.HRG.104-675
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.104-675
 MC ENTRY NO: 97-7177

 Hearing before the Subcom on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine
 issues related to the transition of Hong Kong from British to People's
 Republic of China (PRC) control in 1997, as mandated by the 1984
 Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong.
   Also reviews U.S. policy toward Hong Kong in light of the transition to
 PRC control.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Hong Kong return to China in 1997, transition issues and
     US policy
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON EAST ASIAN AND
     PACIFIC AFFAIRS. SENATE; HONG KONG (Return to China in 1997,
     transition issues and US policy); GREAT BRITAIN; CHINA, PEOPLE'S
     REPUBLIC; FOREIGN.RELATIONS

 97-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 1          July 18, 1996 p. 2-25
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
        Department of State)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of progress in preparation for Hong Kong
     transfer to PRC, with implications for U.S. policy.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Hong Kong return to China in 1997, transition issues and
     US policy
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 97-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 2          July 18, 1996 p. 25-59
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GOLDMAN, MERLE (Professor, Chinese History, Boston University)
     AU, ANDREW Y. (Chairperson, Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the U.S)
     JONES, SIDNEY (Executive Director, Human Rights Watch/Asia)
     HENCK, DOUGLAS C. (Vice Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong
        Kong)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Concern about PRC subversion of Hong Kong
     institutions in connection with transition to PRC rule; examination of
     human rights issues in Hong Kong; views on Hong Kong transition to PRC
     sovereignty, including implications for U.S. interests.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Hong Kong return to China in 1997, transition issues and
     US policy
 DESCRIPTORS: HUMAN RIGHTS; ALLIANCE OF HONG KONG CHINESE IN THE U.S.;
     HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA; AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG