ABSOLUTE, RESTRICTIVE, OR SOMETHING MORE: DID BEIJING CHOOSE THE RIGHT TYPE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FOR HONG KONG?

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.