Britain returned Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. This event is known as the Handover of Hong Kong, after which Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China under the principle of “one country, two systems”, allowing it to maintain its economic and administrative systems independently.
When did the Britain returned Hong Kong to China?
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