BEIJING – On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong, declared, "For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny." It was the ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Hong Kong this week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule and swear in its handpicked new leader, John ...

Hong Kong’s local English newspaper South China Morning Post recently stepped up to interview developer Yoshihisa Kurosawa, who once foresaw the development of an infamous bootleg game called Hong ...

Rows of Chinese and Hong Kong flags decorate a residential building, ahead of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Reuters / LAM YIK ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Hong Kong this week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule and swear in its handpicked new leader, John ...

Hong Kong marks 25 years since it was returned to Chinese rule on July 1. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the territory to mark the occasion, which comes three years after mass ...

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Since Britain handed back colonial Hong Kong in 1997, retired primary school teacher and Falun Gong devotee Lau Wai-hing has fully exercised the freedoms China promised ...

On July 1st 1997, Hong Kong’s sovereignty is transferred back to Chinese authorities after 150 years of British rule. Hong Kong is to be governed under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy. That ...

Hong Kong is a city that never stops moving – but midway through a 50-year political experiment as it transitions to Chinese rule, not everyone here knows which way they want it to move. For the ...

Ahead of Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997, it is estimated that between half a million and a million people left the city while others bought property in locations favoured by Hong Kong migrants, ...

The Hong Kong Crown Colony was founded on January 26, 1841, when Britain’s Union Flag was raised over Possession Point, a then unremarkable headland in southern China. Its new rulers in London weren’t ...

Hong Kong on July 1 will mark its 25th anniversary under Chinese rule. The financial hub returned to China from Britain in 1997, with promises of wide-ranging freedoms and autonomy under "one country, ...