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An ex-pat's pictures have shed fascinating light on a world of boat trips, polo and picnics in former British colony Hong Kong 120 years ... complete with British flags. Another photo shows ...

FILE - A protester waves Hong Kong British colony flag during continuing pro-democracy rallies in Tamar Park, Hong Kong, on Sept. 3, 2019. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing ...

HONG KONG -- When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a high speed train into Hong Kong on Thursday to throngs of flag waving residents ... of the former British colony’s return to China ...

Hong Kong will commemorate the 25th anniversary ... with one even raising the old British colonial flag. In response, China passed the highly controversial National Security Law (NSL) in 2020 ...

In the first of a series of features, the BBC's Samanthi Dissanayake looks at how Hong Kong has changed, 10 years after it was handed back to China by the British. The skies opened and poured with ...

HONG KONG — China ... carrying the Chinese and Hong Kong flags marched into Golden Bauhinia Square with a Chinese “goose-stepping” style, replacing a British-style march.

It was the end of an era: In July 1997, as the flag of the United Kingdom was lowered over Hong Kong, the prosperous colony was returned to China after over 150 years of British rule. The sun had ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and ... Supporters waving Chinese and Hong Kong flags chanted "Welcome, welcome!

HONG KONG — Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in Hong Kong to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the British handover ... red Chinese and Hong Kong flags, the students chanted “Welcome ...

A woman takes pictures of Chinese and Hong Kong flags decorating a street, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, China The territory ...

In 1979, British painter ... the mouths of Hong Kong people standing in front of libraries, subways, banks and courts have become closed zippers or covered by Chinese national flag face masks ...