Sino-British Joint Declaration

1984 British-Chinese treaty regarding the transfer of Hong Kong
Legislation bilateral_treaty Q671479
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Sino-British Joint Declaration

Summary

Sino-British Joint Declaration is a bilateral treaty[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of bilateral_treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sino-British Joint Declaration authored Richard Evans[3].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration authored Zhou Nan[4].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's instance of is recorded as bilateral treaty[5].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87862997[6].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's publication date is recorded as +1984-12-19T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's point in time is recorded as +1984-12-19T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gcyx[9].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's significant event is recorded as ratification[10].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's topic's main category is recorded as Q137640502[11].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's main subject is recorded as Hong Kong[12].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's main subject is recorded as One country, two systems[13].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Chinese-British-joint-declaration[14].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's signatory is recorded as Zhao Ziyang[15].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's signatory is recorded as Margaret Thatcher[16].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have reviewed with satisfaction the friendly relations existing between the two Governments and peoples in recent years and agreed that a proper negotiated settlement of the question of Hong Kong, which is left over from the past, is conducive to the maintenance'}[17].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '中华人民共和国政府和大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国政府满意地回顾了近年来两国政府和两国人民之间的友好关系,一致认为通过协商妥善地解决历史上遗留下来的香港问题,有助于维持香港的繁荣与稳定,并有助于两国关系在新的基础上进一步巩固和发展,为此,经过两国政府代表团的会谈,同意声明如下:'}[18].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's NE.se ID is recorded as hongkongavtalet[19].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 459924[20].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "SinoBritishJointDeclaration"][21].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's effective date is recorded as +1985-05-25T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Sino-British Joint Declaration's PKULaw CLI Code is recorded as CLI.T.2127[23].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Richard Evans[3], a diplomat[24], 1928–2012[25], of United Kingdom[26], awarded the Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[27] and Zhou Nan[4], a politician[28], b. 1927[29], of People's Republic of China[30].

Why It Matters

Sino-British Joint Declaration ranks in the top 9% of bilateral_treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Introduction to the Hong Kong Basic Law (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Sir Richard Evans. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Introduction to the Hong Kong Basic Law (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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