
A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Standard Cantonese International Phonetic Alphabet: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale Romanization#Cantonese: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the People's Republic of China. The PRC at present has two SARs, Hong Kong and Macau; each has a Chief Executive as head of government. == Current situation == Article 31 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China authorizes the National People's Congress to create special administrative regions and to create a Hong Kong Basic Law which provides those regions with a high degree of autonomy, a separate political system and a capitalist economy under the principle of "One country, two systems" proposed by Deng Xiaoping. Currently, the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macau are responsible for all issues except diplomatic relations and national defense: consequently, they have their own judiciary and Court of Final Appeal, immigration policies, currency and extradition processes. Hong Kong continues to use common law, whereas Macau continues to use the Portuguese legal system. Both the SARs each has their own passports, which requires seven years of residence in the SAR, and therefore citizenships are differentiated from Chinese citizens in the mainland China (that is, there exist three types of citizenship in the PRC). One consequence of this is that citizens of the Hong Kong and Macau SARs do not require visas when travelling to countries of the European Union, unlike those of the mainland. ==Offer to Taiwan== The PRC has offered Taiwan a similar status to that of an SAR if it accepts mainland rule; however the Republic of China government refuses to accept the offer, and most polls indicate that only around 10 per cent of the Taiwanese electorate support it. Unlike Hong Kong and Macau, the proposed Taiwan SAR would be able to retain its own armed forces. ==Historical arrangements in the Republic of China== In the History of the political divisions of China#Republic of China, "special administrative regions" were historically used to designate special areas, most of which were eventually converted into provinces. These included: *Suiyuan - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Chahar (province) - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Rehe - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Chuanbian - set up in 1914, converted to Xikang Province in 1935 *Dongsheng - set up in 1924 after reverting to Chinese rule *Weihaiwei - set up in 1930 after reverting to Chinese rule *Hainan - set up in 1944, abolished after communist takeover ===Chahar=== Chahar (province) was made a special administrative region in 1914 by the Republic of China, as a subdivision of the then Zhili province, with 6 Banner system and 11 county of China. In 1928 it became a province, with 5 of its counties partitioned to Suiyuan, and 10 counties were included from Hebei. ==Note== This is not to be confused with "Special Economic Zone", which is a economic and taxation arrangement for other regions. ==See also== *Foreign relations of Hong Kong *Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office * Political divisions of China * Chief Executive of Hong Kong * Chief Executive of Macau *:Category:Hong Kong law * Special Economic Zone * Administrative divisions of North Korea#Special Administrative Regions *Basic Law of Hong Kong *Netherlands Antilles - a similar arrangement *Dependent area Hong Kong law Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China Special territories Hong Kong Macau Politics of Macau Politics of Hong Kong Laws of the People's Republic of China
== cat dependent territory == an SAR is not a dependent territory. InstandNood, you gave up that argument at HK and Macau, why are you trying to make it here? User:SchmuckyTheCat 02:11, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Notes == I removed the link that said a special economic zone was in teh mainland. Obviously the entire article is talking about special regions of the PRC, that makes it superfluous to also say that an SEZ is an organizational region of the PRC. User:SchmuckyTheCat 02:42, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Special administrative districts of the ROC== On [http://www.nansha.org.cn/maps/4/1964_hainan_nansha.jpg this map] (published in 1964) "Hainan Special Administrative District" is used instead of "Special Administrative Region". — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 16:00, May 17, 2005 (UTC) :This is certainly not the first time inconsistent translations have given us problems... -- User:Ran (User talk:Ran) 16:54, May 17, 2005 (UTC) ::Eh very true.. headache.. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 18:14, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
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A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Standard Cantonese International Phonetic Alphabet: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale Romanization#Cantonese: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the People's Republic of China. The PRC at present has two SARs, Hong Kong and Macau; each has a Chief Executive as head of government. == Current situation == Article 31 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China authorizes the National People's Congress to create special administrative regions and to create a Hong Kong Basic Law which provides those regions with a high degree of autonomy, a separate political system and a capitalist economy under the principle of "One country, two systems" proposed by Deng Xiaoping. Currently, the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macau are responsible for all issues except diplomatic relations and national defense: consequently, they have their own judiciary and Court of Final Appeal, immigration policies, currency and extradition processes. Hong Kong continues to use common law, whereas Macau continues to use the Portuguese legal system. Both the SARs each has their own passports, which requires seven years of residence in the SAR, and therefore citizenships are differentiated from Chinese citizens in the mainland China (that is, there exist three types of citizenship in the PRC). One consequence of this is that citizens of the Hong Kong and Macau SARs do not require visas when travelling to countries of the European Union, unlike those of the mainland. ==Offer to Taiwan== The PRC has offered Taiwan a similar status to that of an SAR if it accepts mainland rule; however the Republic of China government refuses to accept the offer, and most polls indicate that only around 10 per cent of the Taiwanese electorate support it. Unlike Hong Kong and Macau, the proposed Taiwan SAR would be able to retain its own armed forces. ==Historical arrangements in the Republic of China== In the History of the political divisions of China#Republic of China, "special administrative regions" were historically used to designate special areas, most of which were eventually converted into provinces. These included: *Suiyuan - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Chahar (province) - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Rehe - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928 *Chuanbian - set up in 1914, converted to Xikang Province in 1935 *Dongsheng - set up in 1924 after reverting to Chinese rule *Weihaiwei - set up in 1930 after reverting to Chinese rule *Hainan - set up in 1944, abolished after communist takeover ===Chahar=== Chahar (province) was made a special administrative region in 1914 by the Republic of China, as a subdivision of the then Zhili province, with 6 Banner system and 11 county of China. In 1928 it became a province, with 5 of its counties partitioned to Suiyuan, and 10 counties were included from Hebei. ==Note== This is not to be confused with "Special Economic Zone", which is a economic and taxation arrangement for other regions. ==See also== *Foreign relations of Hong Kong *Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office * Political divisions of China * Chief Executive of Hong Kong * Chief Executive of Macau *:Category:Hong Kong law * Special Economic Zone * Administrative divisions of North Korea#Special Administrative Regions *Basic Law of Hong Kong *Netherlands Antilles - a similar arrangement *Dependent area Hong Kong law Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China Special territories Hong Kong Macau Politics of Macau Politics of Hong Kong Laws of the People's Republic of China
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== cat dependent territory == an SAR is not a dependent territory. InstandNood, you gave up that argument at HK and Macau, why are you trying to make it here? User:SchmuckyTheCat 02:11, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Notes == I removed the link that said a special economic zone was in teh mainland. Obviously the entire article is talking about special regions of the PRC, that makes it superfluous to also say that an SEZ is an organizational region of the PRC. User:SchmuckyTheCat 02:42, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Special administrative districts of the ROC== On [http://www.nansha.org.cn/maps/4/1964_hainan_nansha.jpg this map] (published in 1964) "Hainan Special Administrative District" is used instead of "Special Administrative Region". — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 16:00, May 17, 2005 (UTC) :This is certainly not the first time inconsistent translations have given us problems... -- User:Ran (User talk:Ran) 16:54, May 17, 2005 (UTC) ::Eh very true.. headache.. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 18:14, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
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