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The article discusses the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's determination in the 2011 case FG Hemisphere Associates v. Democratic Republic of Congo that sovereign states enjoy absolute immunity in the courts of Hong Kong which cannot be waived in predispute contractual documents. Public international law and international commercial arbitration cases are mentioned, along with the New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.

The article focuses on the adoption of traditional doctrine of absolute sovereign immunity in Hong Kong by China. It informs that under absolute immunity, foreign sovereign is always immune from suit irrespective of the claim. It discusses the court case of FG Hemisphere Associations v. Dem. Rep. Congo (Congo I) regarding Chinese regression from the restrictive to the absolute doctrine of sovereign immunity.

The article discusses Hong Kong Court of Final Appeals landmark case Democratic Republic of the Congo v. FG Hemisphere Associates LLC which was related to state immunity under Hong Kong law. It reflects the court's decision that Hong Kong must comply with China's doctrine of absolute immunity. It presents a background of the doctrine of absolute and relative immunity under the common law and analyses the implications of the decision.