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Originally Posted by Denver
I'm sure we gave it back because we were led to believe it would become an independent nation?
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I don't think so (although not 100% sure) I found this :
Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China. In the Hall of the People in Beijing, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement committing Britain to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 in return for terms guaranteeing a 50-year extension of its capitalist system.