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Jun 17, 2022 · FILE - Protesters hold a British National (Overseas) passport and Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against China’s national security legislation for the city, in Hong Kong, Friday, May 29, 2020. Hong Kong is preparing to introduce new middle school textbooks that will deny the Chinese territory was ever a British ...
Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1997. How it was actually run is rarely discussed, especially nowadays. Let’s look at some key features of the British administration in the early 20th century (1900 – 1941) before it was captured by the Japanese. The first point is that government in this period was mainly led by the executive ...
2024 British Hong Kong spy case. On 13 May 2024, the Metropolitan Police of London, United Kingdom, announced three men (Bill Yuen, Peter Wai, and Matthew Trickett) had been charged with national security offences for assisting Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference, including spying on Nathan Law and other exiled activists of ...
Hong Kong is an island in the Pearl River Delta, in Southern China. British forces occupied the island in the First Opium war of 1839-42, and it became a formal overseas possession with the 1842 Treaty of Nanking. In 1860 and 1898, the territory of the colony was expanded beyond the original island, and a 99 year lease was signed to negotiate ...
May 1, 1997 · On July 1, 1997, the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong becomes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. China has signed an international treaty with Britain and issued a Basic Law, or miniconstitution, for Hong Kong; these promise that Hong Kong can remain autonomous for fifty years after 1997, save in matters of security and diplomacy, and ensure that ...
Aug 13, 2019 · 1 July: The British lease over Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula ended at 00:00 Hong Kong time. The United Kingdom handed Hong Kong island and its surrounding territory back to the People’s Republic of China. Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, sent the telegram: “I have relinquished the administration of this government.
Chamber Magazine. In the latest issue of Britain in Hong Kong, “GBA & Northern Metropolis: Unlocking Potential, Limitless”, we gain insights from our members on this topic who share their views from across different industries.
