Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a news conference on arrangements at West Kowloon Terminus for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link in Hong Kong, China December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's parliament on Wednesday said part of a high-speed railway station being built in Hong Kong would be regarded as mainland territory governed by mainland laws, an unprecedented move that critics say further erodes the city's autonomy.
Hong Kong reverted from British to Chinese rule in 1997, when it was granted a high degree of autonomy under a "one country, two systems" arrangement, giving it a separate police force, immigration controls, an independent judiciary and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China.
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