The Hong Kong protests, which have raged for more than five months, have given "one country, two systems" a bad name.
This was the formula agreed between China and Britain, under which Hong Kong was guaranteed a high degree of autonomy in all matters other than defence and foreign affairs for 50 years after China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997.
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