When did britain give hong kong to china?
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1 July 1997
Handover of Hong Kong
When did britain give hong kong to china?
Handover of Hong Kong British Hong Kong History of Hong Kong Democratic development in Hong Kong Sino-British Joint Declaration Hong Kong independence Hong Kong British nationality law and Hong Kong Right of abode in Hong Kong Treaty of Nanking
The transfer of sovereignty over <b>Hong Kong</b>, commonly known as the handover 
of <b>Hong Kong</b> ... <b>Hong Kong</b> and Macau are part of <b>Chinese</b> territory occupied by 
the <b>British</b> and Portuguese authorities. ... the <b>British</b> government must modify or 
<b>give</b> up its position or the PRC <b>will</b> announce its resolution of the issue of Hong&nbsp;... <b>British Hong Kong</b> was a colony and <b>British</b> Dependent Territory of the United 
Kingdom from ... Although <b>Hong Kong</b> Island and Kowloon <b>were</b> ceded in 
perpetuity, the leased area ... In September 1839, the <b>British</b> Cabinet decided that 
the <b>Chinese</b> should be made to <b>pay</b> for the destruction of <b>British</b> property, either 
by the&nbsp;... The region of <b>Hong Kong has</b> been inhabited since the Old Stone Age, later 
becoming part of ... <b>China</b> was defeated and was forced to cede <b>Hong Kong</b> to 
<b>Britain</b> in the Treaty of Nanking signed on 29 August 1842. ... the PRC 
government and the economic reform in the mainland would <b>allow</b> the 
continuation of <b>British</b> rule. Ever since the 1950s, the <b>Chinese</b> government <b>has</b> continually threatened the 
<b>British</b> over any attempts to bring about democratic development in <b>Hong Kong</b>. The <b>Chinese</b> government <b>has</b> consistently taken the view that the whole of <b>Hong</b> 
<b>Kong</b> should be <b>Chinese</b> territory, due to them being acquired through the&nbsp;... The <b>Chinese</b> government firmly opposes <b>Hong Kong</b> independence. ... during the 
Sino-<b>British</b> negotiation in the early ... After the establishment of the <b>Hong Kong</b> ... 
Macau Affairs Office stated that &quot;[Beijing] <b>will</b> ... advocating secession in <b>Hong</b> 
<b>Kong</b> nor <b>allow</b>&nbsp;... <b>Hong Kong</b> officially the <b>Hong Kong</b> Special Administrative Region of the 
People&#39;s Republic of <b>China</b> ... <b>Hong Kong</b> became a colony of the <b>British</b> Empire 
after Qing Empire ceded <b>Hong Kong</b> ... The Qing <b>were</b> again defeated, and 
forced to <b>give</b> up Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutter&#39;s Island in the Convention 
of Peking. After the handover to <b>China</b>, they ... and right of abode in <b>Hong Kong</b>, ... <b>give</b> 
these people full <b>British</b> citizenship. The limbo in which they <b>will</b> find&nbsp;... In <b>Hong Kong</b> immigration law, the right of abode entitles a person to live and 
work without any ... <b>Hong Kong</b> was a <b>British</b> colony from 1842 until its transfer to 
<b>China</b> in 1997. ... was renamed permanent resident status in 1987, when landed 
<b>Chinese</b> residents <b>were given</b> the right of abode along with <b>Hong Kong</b> BDTCs. The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium 
War (1839–1842) between the United Kingdom and <b>China</b> on 29 August 1842. It 
<b>was the</b> first of what the <b>Chinese</b> later called the unequal treaties. In the wake of 
<b>China&#39;s</b> military defeat, with <b>British</b> warships poised to attack ... Not until the 
retrocession of <b>Hong Kong</b> in 1997 <b>did China</b> revert the last of&nbsp;...
1 July 1997
Handover of Hong Kong