Moments of fate: Signing of draft agreement on Sino-British Declaration in 1984
Thirty years ago, on September 26, 1984, senior representatives from the Chinese and British governments signed a draft agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in Beijing, paving the way for the restoration of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong. The official handover would happen almost 13 years later, on July 1, 1997.
Photo editing by Jean Lin, Evangeline Lam
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