Comments on: Mainland China “leases” land to Macau in historical first http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/china-leases-land-to-macau-in-historical-first/ News & views about Guangzhou, Shenzhen & Dongguan Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: South China University gives visiting professorship to British scholar | Nanfang Insider http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/china-leases-land-to-macau-in-historical-first/#comment-31653 South China University gives visiting professorship to British scholar | Nanfang Insider Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:49:42 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=17298#comment-31653 [...] the topic of education in the PRD, The Nanfang reported last week on a new joint project between the Chinese Central Government and the University of Macau that represents a historical first for a case of this kind (joint [...] [...] the topic of education in the PRD, The Nanfang reported last week on a new joint project between the Chinese Central Government and the University of Macau that represents a historical first for a case of this kind (joint [...]

]]> By: Michael de Waal-Montgomery http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/china-leases-land-to-macau-in-historical-first/#comment-31416 Michael de Waal-Montgomery Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:24:02 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=17298#comment-31416 Cool that you get access to the Internet! But SZ Bay has nothing to do with academics. This is allowing for an academic institution to technically exists on Mainland territory but remain entirely free of Chinese restraints and laws. Cool that you get access to the Internet! But SZ Bay has nothing to do with academics. This is allowing for an academic institution to technically exists on Mainland territory but remain entirely free of Chinese restraints and laws.

]]> By: dda http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/china-leases-land-to-macau-in-historical-first/#comment-31375 dda Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:25:13 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=17298#comment-31375 The NYT article says: "But experts interviewed for this article said there was no recent precedence for a chunk of Chinese land being passed to another legal jurisdiction in this manner, and certainly not for the sake of academic freedom." Obviously they asked the wrong people. Three words: Shenzhen Bay Immigration. The Hong Kong half is leased to HK; it is under HK law and management, and has its own Internet, power, and water supplied by and from HK). My flat in SZ is so close to SZ Bay immigration that I get to use internet via my Smartone USB dongle :-) The NYT article says: “But experts interviewed for this article said there was no recent precedence for a chunk of Chinese land being passed to another legal jurisdiction in this manner, and certainly not for the sake of academic freedom.”

Obviously they asked the wrong people. Three words: Shenzhen Bay Immigration. The Hong Kong half is leased to HK; it is under HK law and management, and has its own Internet, power, and water supplied by and from HK).

My flat in SZ is so close to SZ Bay immigration that I get to use internet via my Smartone USB dongle :-)

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