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Hong Kong Handover: Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Hong Kong Handover Signed Sealed Delivered Author:Peter Moss Hong Kong was Britain's ultimate colony of significance. Arguably it represented the last jewel to slip from the evanescent crown of Britain's once great empire. Hong Kong's colonial history began in ignominy but ended in glory, grasped in the face of daunting obstacles. The final four days of Britain's remaining foothold in a hemisphere to... more » which Kipling's age had given the romantic appellation 'East of Suez', is captured in this portfolio. Hong Kong Handover poignantly documents the accelerating countdown to a solemn moment on that historic midnight when British rule returned Hong Kong to the sovereignty of the People's Republic of« less