Event

Handover of Hong Kong

1997 · 20th century

The Handover of Hong Kong was the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997. It ended more than a century and a half of British rule over the territory. It is often regarded as a symbolic end of the British Empire.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Handover of Hong Kong. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/handover-of-hong-kong
MLA
“Handover of Hong Kong.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/handover-of-hong-kong. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Handover of Hong Kong.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/handover-of-hong-kong.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Handover of Hong Kong’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/handover-of-hong-kong (Accessed: ).

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