An Analysis of the Impact of China: US Relations on Hong Kong’s Status as an International Financial Centre from the Perspective of Realistic Constructivism Theory

In recent years, Hong Kong has been regarded as a “frontline battleground” in the China-US game. To this day, the United States continues to put pressure on China over parts of the Hong Kong issue. As a country with important economic interests in Hong Kong, the US policy toward Hong Kong is also an important part of its China strategy and strongly affects China-US relations. So, will the China-US game substantially affect Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre? This paper presents a qualitative study on Hong Kong using the framework of the realist constructivism theory of international relations and finds that although Hong Kong will be subject to a certain degree of external shocks caused by the US sanctions, they will not actually cause Hong Kong to lose its status as an international financial centre.