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The Sino-British Joint Declaration regarding Hong Kong's handover to The People's Republic of China -Case study- June 2007 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present paper is to examine a case of negotiation in international relations and to try to explain the phases and the arguments used by the two parties, as well as the outcome of their negotiation. The reason for which the Sino-British Joint Declaration was chosen was that it represents an interesting case of negotiation, both in situation and resolution. This particular declaration was signed after three years of "rocky"1 negotiation between the British, represented by Margaret Thatcher, and Chinese, represented by Deng Xiaoping, over the issue of returning the Hong Kong province, which had been under British rule for 155 years, to the People's Republic of China. The methodology of this paper presents itself in the following manner: the introductive part is followed by a historical overview of the events...

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