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Hong Kong handover 20th anniversary

What does ‘one country, two systems’ mean?

June 28, 2017
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Pursuit for living space grows arduous as flat prices soar, incomes fall further behind and the wait for public housing climbs to more than four years. (Photo: SCMP’s Felix Wong)04:23
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How Hong Kong housing has changed in 20 years
June 28, 2017
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On the wet, stormy night of June 30, 1997, Cai Chengwen, along with 508 other soldiers, arrived in Hong Kong hours ahead of the handover as part of the first contingent of Chinese troops. He had...05:22
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Glory of a lifetime: Chinese military flag-bearer remembers handover day in Hong Kong
June 26, 2017
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It's been 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China. But what prompted it – and what’s the story behind it? ...02:55
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What’s the deal with the Hong Kong handover?
June 22, 2017
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Twenty years after the handover to China, Hong Kong has a promising future as a bridge between its sovereign and the rest of the world and the “one country, two systems” model is working well, the...02:47
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US Consul General says ‘one country, two systems’ is Hong Kong’s key to success
June 3, 2017
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“One country, two systems” was the catch-phrase coined by China’s president Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s, when China and Britain held negotiations on the future of Hong Kong. The two countries signed...02:31
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The headquarters of the city’s auxiliary police force became the scene of a fierce mock battle between armed officers and police posing as terrorists, as the force carried out the first drill of...01:44
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Elite Hong Kong police units conduct anti-terror drill ahead of China leaders visit
May 11, 2017
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A multi-million dollar programme of events in Hong Kong will mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by colonial ruler Britain. (Photo: AFP)00:38
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Hong Kong pulls out stops to mark 20 years of Chinese rule
May 5, 2017
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A specialist police squad is preparing for its busiest ever period for Hong Kong’s upcoming 20th handover anniversary. ...00:53
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Underground with the Hong Kong police confined space search team
April 14, 2017
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Hong Kong’s 20 years since the handover, summed up in four minutes.03:40
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Hong Kong’s 20 years in 4 minutes
July 3, 2017
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China’s President Xi Jinping has inaugurated the new Hong Kong administration led by Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the first woman to lead the city.01:11
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Lam officially begins five-year term as Hong Kong chief executive
July 1, 2017
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A six-metre-long banner was unfurled in Sai Ying Pun on Friday that read: “Investigate the UGL” and “Send ‘Wolf Leung’ on a journey”. ...00:44
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Hong Kong activists unfurl ‘Wolf Leung’ banner during Xi visit
June 30, 2017
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Highest No 10 hurricane warning in place for seven hours, with hundreds of trees toppled and maximum gust speeds of 234km/h in one area  03:16
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Typhoon Wipha smashes through Hong Kong
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Hong Kong police chief Joe Chow took the helm of the city’s 27,000-strong force in April 2025. In his first exclusive interview with the Post, Chow lays out his strategies to spearhead the force in...08:01
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A vessel at Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay typhoon shelter caught fire on the morning of July 20, 2025 as Typhoon Wipha hit Hong Kong. Five people were rescued from a nearby vessel and were uninjured....01:06
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Vessel catches fire as Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong
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The Hong Kong Observatory admits artificial intelligence did a better job of predicting the intensity of a recent tropical cyclone that hit the city, but it’s not doing away with its usual forecasting tools.03:33
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July 19, 2025
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Anita Mui may have been a Cantopop diva, but she was also known for her charity work and for standing up against injustice, qualities that earned her the title “Daughter of Hong Kong”.01:30
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Secondary school students across the city received their university entrance exam results with the top scorers coming from 14 schools02:44
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Over 55,000 Hong Kong secondary school students received their Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam results on July 15, 2025. The DSE exam is Hong Kong’s main university entrance exam.01:38
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Emotional day for HK students as public exam results revealed
July 16, 2025
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Few celebrity idols lived and worked like Anita Mui, who is remembered as a bold and versatile singer and actress, in a career spanning two decades.01:29
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The life and times of Cantopop icon Anita Mui
July 16, 2025
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Hong Kong’s bustling metropolis is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still a vital building material  12:01
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Bamboo scaffolding faces uncertain future in Hong Kong
July 13, 2025
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Wah Fu Estate will undergo a phased demolition, with its 18 blocks and 9,000 households gradually vacated by 2035, marking the end of a significant chapter in Hong Kong's history03:36
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July 12, 2025
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