Handover & After · event 5 of 13

1 July 1997

The handover. Sovereignty transfers at a ceremony in heavy rain. Chris Patten leaves on the royal yacht; the People’s Liberation Army crosses the border.

The Handover & After era

  1. 19 December 1984
  2. 4 June 1989
  3. 1990
  4. 1993
  5. 1 July 1997
  6. 6 July 1998
  7. 2003
  8. 2014
  9. 2019
  10. 30 June 2020
  11. 2021
  12. 2022
  13. 2024

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