Quand Hong Kong devient chinois ?

Quand Hong Kong devient chinois ?

1er juillet 1997 Le 1er juillet 1997, Hong Kong devient la première région administrative spéciale chinoise. L'événement donne lieu à une cérémonie retransmise dans le monde entier en présence du prince Charles, héritier de la couronne britannique. À la fin de la même année, Hong Kong fut touchée par la crise asiatique de 1997.

Qui reconnaît Hong Kong ?

À minuit et une seconde le 1er juillet 1997 , Hong-Kong est remis à la République populaire de Chine par le Royaume-Uni.

Pourquoi manifestation Hong Kong ?

Vives tensions ce dimanche à Hong Kong : la police a tiré des lacrymogènes et a arrêté des dizaines de manifestants descendus dans la rue pour dénoncer un projet de loi chinois sur la sécurité nationale imposé à la ville. Ce texte met selon eux en danger les libertés uniques dont jouit Hong Kong.

When did Hong Kong become a British colony?

• Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1842, after the First Opium War, and its territory was expanded on two occasions; in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and again in 1898 when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories.

Is Hong Kong and Macau a colonial territory?

• Hong Kong and Macau are part of Chinese territory occupied by the British and Portuguese authorities. The settlement of the questions of Hong Kong and Macau is entirely within China's sovereign right and do not at all fall under the ordinary category of colonial territories.

When did China cede the Kowloon Peninsula to the British?

• Less than 20 years later, after the second Opium War (1856–60), China was forced to cede the Kowloon Peninsula south of what is now Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island by the Convention of Beijing (1860). By the Convention of 1898, the New Territories together with 235 islands were leased to Britain for 99 years from J.

What does Hong Kong reunification mean?

• " Reunification of Hong Kong " ( Chinese: 香港回歸) was seldom used by a minority of pro-Beijing politicians, lawyers and newspapers during Sino-British negotiations in 19, only, of its Chinese translation, to become mainstream in Hong Kong at latest in early 1997.