Major on Hong Kong handover

Title

Major on Hong Kong handover

Genre

Speech

TX Date

5 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:09:36

Description

Prime Minister John Major visits Hong Kong, and gives a speech claiming his criticised visit to Peking was vital in the run-up to the handover of the colony to China in 1997. He reassures the people of Hong Kong the British have signed a treaty giving Hong Kong all of it’s freedoms for another 50 years and says Britain and Hong Kong will remain staunch allies and keep economic ties. He claims the entire British government agree Britain needs to protect Hong Kong’s interests.

Contributors

John Major

Keywords

Treaties; Great Britain; China; International relations; Political systems; Commonwealth countries; Hong Kong; State visits; Colonial countries; Sovereignty

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