1984 AD–1997 AD
The Sino-British agreement leads to Hong Kong’s transfer
British Empire · Slavery & coerced labor · Resistance & colonized agency · Law & imperial government · Migration & diaspora · Self-government & Commonwealth
The 1984 Joint Declaration agreed that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997 under “one country, two systems” for fifty years. Hong Kong residents did not negotiate as a sovereign party; “handover” and “reunification” encode different political perspectives
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- 2026-09-23
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