Which one of the following became a part of China in 1997 following th

Which one of the following became a part of China in 1997 following the principle of ‘one country, two systems’?

[amp_mcq option1=”Tibet” option2=”Hong Kong” option3=”Xinjiang” option4=”Inner Mongolia” correct=”option2″]

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Hong Kong became a part of China in 1997 following the principle of ‘one country, two systems’. It was formerly a British colony and was handed over to China on July 1, 1997. Under this principle, Hong Kong was designated as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, retaining its economic and administrative systems (including legal, currency, customs, immigration) for a period of 50 years, while being subject to Chinese sovereignty.

– The ‘one country, two systems’ principle was applied to former colonial territories returned to China.
– Hong Kong was returned by the UK in 1997 under this principle.
– Macau was returned by Portugal in 1999, also under this principle.

Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia are Autonomous Regions within mainland China and are not governed under the ‘one country, two systems’ framework designed for SARs like Hong Kong and Macau. While they have some degree of autonomy, their political and economic systems are integrated with mainland China’s socialist system.

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