Hong Kong returned to China
July 1, 1997
At midnight in pouring Victoria Harbor rain, the Union Jack came down and the red banner of the People's Republic went up over Hong Kong. One hundred fifty-six years of British rule ended. Beijing promised one country, two systems, for fifty years. The promise would hold for a little less than half that time.
In context
Also in 1997 (5 other events on record)
- Asian financial crisis · Southeast Asia · Politics
- Princess Diana dies · Europe · Culture
- Deep Blue beats Kasparov · North America · Technology
- Mars Pathfinder lands · North America · Science
- Kyoto Protocol signed · East Asia · Politics
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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