2007-12-02 23:35:28 · 7 answers · asked by ThE BrAiN 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
1 July 1997. Britain took control of Hong Kong Island over 150 years before this date after the First Opium War with China. The UK then took control of Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War. The UK then took out a 99 year lease on Lantau Island and the New Territories. The UK was under no obligation to return control of Kowloon and HK Island when the lease expired in 1997.
2007-12-03 13:56:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
2007-12-02 23:41:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 1st 1997
2007-12-03 13:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by Inyri F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1997
2007-12-02 23:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Tee Tee W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
July 1st, 1997
2007-12-03 02:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by White Shooting Star of HK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HK change into and nonetheless partly of China, it change into in basic terms a overseas occupied island for one hundred years (a blip in its heritage). HK's modern-day device is the effect of a 50 12 months promise for the mainland to enable HK run its route. traditionally, HK were given each thing water/electrical energy/foodstuff/animals each thing got here from China, definite even in the course of the era of Mao. Hong Kong has little agricultural output and nil business means. It change into and is rich immediately with the aid of very actuality it change right into a centre of commerce, each thing exceeded by ability of there, very like singapore. immediately, HK nonetheless relies upon upon Mainland China for each thing, the individuals's Liberation military is the protection force of Hong Kong and in the back of all this fancy communicate of autonomous governance is a authorities thats directed by ability of Beijing, undergo in concepts that no social gathering in HK will ever change into the authorities except they are cautioned by ability of the chinese Communist social gathering.
2016-10-25 08:53:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 1st,1997
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2007-12-03 01:38:03 · answer #7 · answered by 凹^_^凹 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋