Hong Kong Handover

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule. There were ceremonies and fireworks to celebrate the end of colonialism - but some residents were not happy.Emily Lau, was a leading pro-democracy campaigner at the time, she remembers that day.(Photo: Hong Kong in 2007. Credit: China Photos / Getty Images)

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