Full Title: "Unprecedented International Status: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the HKSAR's External Autonomy"

    This article demonstrates three points: (1) that the HKSAR's external autonomy develops a new component of autonomy and thereby strengthens and enriches the content of the theory of autonomy; (2) that the successful practice of the HKSAR's external autonomy in such aspects as special positions in international organizations and conferences, autonomous treaty-making power, special arrangements for applying treaties and relations with other regions in China demonstrates convincingly that the HKSAR's enjoys and develops its unprecedented international status; and (3) that the characteristics of the HKSAR's external autonomy include authorization nature, double legal grounds and international guarantee.