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19 December 1984

The Joint Declaration. Britain and China agree the transfer of the whole territory in 1997 under ‘one country, two systems’, guaranteed for fifty years to 2047.

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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