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Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 (Geographic Name)

Preferred form: Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997
Used for/see from:
  • China History Return of Hong Kong, 1997
  • Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty to China, 1997
See also:

Work cat.: Tung, H. Hsiang-kang chi pen fa kai yao, 1993: p. 1, etc. (1997 nien Hsiang-kang hui kuei tsu kuo; Hsiang-kang wen tʻi ti chieh chüeh)

Cambridge handbook of contemporary China, 1990: p. 148, etc. (reassertion of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong; China's intended resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997)

China facts and figures annual, 1985: p. 35, etc., under Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong: People's Republic of China (... to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from July 1, 1997; proper negotiated settlement of the question of Hong Kong; transfer of government in 1997)

The future of Hong Kong, 1987: p. 31, etc. (Sovereignty will be transferred from London to Beijing in 1997; Chinese demand for a transfer of sovereignty)

Information China, 1989: v. 3, p. 1387, etc. (The Joint Declaration stipulates that the Chinese government will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997 and that the British government will restore Hong Kong to the People's Republic on that date; return of Hong Kong to the motherland; settlement of the Hong Kong question)

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