Margaret Hilda Thatcher22 September 1982
The Chinese insist on regaining Hong Kong by 1997
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Chinese insist on regaining Hong Kong by 1997
Howe & Thatcher sign Declaration handing over Hong Kong to China by 1st July 1997
The Sino-British Joint Declaration provides for China to resume sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997 while setting out arrangements for the territory after the transfer.
Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China by 1997
John Major meets Qian Qichen to discuss the handover of Hong Kong to China
Receives the Union Flag at the end of 156 years of colonial rule
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