When Hong Kong ... of the handover, we trace the highs and lows over the years. For more than 150 years, Hong Kong was a British colony. Then, with the raising of the Chinese flag and the lowering ...

The late Queen was kept away from the ceremony marking the handover of ... in the past where flags had been lowered. In a note from a junior diplomat at the Hong Kong Department, DG Roberts ...

HONG KONG--Marking the anniversary of Hong ... the site of annual pro-democracy rallies marking the 1997 handover--and put up flags warning people that they could be prosecuted if they enter ...