Britain urged China on Thursday to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and r...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is seen at Downing Street in London, Britain, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
The treaty signed on Dec. 19, 1984 pledged that Hong Kong’s high-degree of autonomy would be unchanged for 50 years after the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997. “Hong Kong is experiencing its greatest period of turmoil since the handover,” British Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
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