Guard of honour and the mainland guard of honour on stage following the raising of the Chinese and Hong Kong SAR flags seconds after midnight on 30th...
Chinese soldier holds the national flag prior to its raising as the British military march at right during the handover ceremony at the Hong Kong...
Ceremonial scenes for the he official handover of the Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Members of the Black Watch stand to attention as Prince Charles delivers farewell speech, at the handover ceremony 30 June. Britain lowered the Union...
General view of the handover ceremony 01 July showing the Chinese flag flying after the Union Jack was lowered. AFP PHOTO/ POOL/Kimimasa MAYAMA
Prince Charles, Former Governor Chris Patten, and Prime Minister Tony Blair at the 1997 Hong Kong Handover Ceremony
Britain's Prince of Wales delivers his speech during the ceremony commemorating the handover of Hong Kong to China at the Hong Kong Convention Center...
Students march with a Chinese national flag during a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule at...
An anti-extradition protester waves a black flag on a street outside the Legislative Council Complex ahead of the annual flag raising ceremony of...
This file photo dated 01 July, 1997 shows a Chinese soldier holding the national flag prior to its raising as the British military march at right...
General view of the handover ceremony 01 July showing the Chinese flag flying after the Union Jack was lowered. AFP PHOTO/ POOL/Kimimasa MAYAMA
Photo dated 19 December 1984 showing Chinese Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in...
Members of the combined forces of the Chinese Armed Forces stand to attention, under the Chinese and British flags during the ceremony marking the...
Chinese President Jiang Zemin shakes hands with Prince Charles during the handover ceremony on July 1st, 1997 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong returned to...
Ceremonial scenes for the official handover of Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Revellers attending a handover party dressed in clothing dipicting British and Chinese national colours pose for a photograph 01 July outside of the...
Ceremonial scenes for the he official handover of the Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Chinese President Jiang Zemin delivers his speech at the Handover ceremony June 30. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Kimimasa Mayama / AFP PHOTO / POOL / KIMIMASA...
Ceremonial scenes for the official handover of Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Ceremonial scenes for the official handover of the Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Employees of the Bank of China watch the raising for the first time of the Chinese national flag and the flag of The Special Administrative Region of...
School children wave Hong Kong and Chinese flags after they attended the flag raising ceremony to mark the 6th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to...
The flags of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region fly as a Hong Kong Police Guard of Honour and police officers march following a...
Hong Kong's former secretary for justice Elsie Leung chats with other guests as they attend a gathering following a flag-raising ceremony to mark the...
Man waves the Chinese and Hong Kong flags before the Chinese National Day holiday as he waits to view the flag raising ceremony to celebrate Chinese...
Man holding a child walks in front of a screen showing a live broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking during a swearing-in ceremony for...
Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee walks with China's President Xi Jinping following Xi's speech after a ceremony to inaugurate the city's new...
China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong on July...
Students in a classroom after a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the handover at a school on July 01, 2022 in Hong Kong,...
Helicopters fly past with the Hong Kong and Chinese flags during a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city's handover...
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, Hong Kong's new Chief Executive and her new cabinet are sworn in by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an inauguration...
Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee gives a speech following his swearing-in as the city's new leader, during a ceremony to inaugurate the...
China's President Xi Jinping waves following his speech after a ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong on July 1 on...
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, Hong Kong's new Chief Executive and her new cabinet are sworn in by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an inauguration...
The Handover of HongKong to China in Hong Kong city, Hong Kong on June 29, 1997 - General view of the handover ceremony.
China's President Xi Jinping arrives with Hong Kong's incoming Chief Executive John Lee for Lee's swearing in ceremony and to inaugurate the city's...
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an inauguration ceremony in Hong Kong, China on July 1, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Chinese President Xi...
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, Hong Kong's new Chief Executive and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an inauguration ceremony in Hong Kong, China on...
Britain's Prince Charles watches the British Military Farewell Ceremony at the HMS Tamar military base in Hong Kong, 30 June 1997, marking the end of...
Pedestrians look at a screen showing live broadcast of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaking during a swearing-in ceremony for Hong Kong's new...
Dignitaries including Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Tung Chee-Hwa, Prince Charles, Tony Blair, Robin Cook and Chris Patten, receive a salute at the Hong Kong...
China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong on July...
The flags of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region fly after a flag-raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square on July 1, 2020 in...
Xi Jinping, China's president, at a swearing-in ceremony for Hong Kong's chief executive John Lee in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 1, 2022. Hong...
China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong on July...
China's President Xi Jinping stands with Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee after Lee was sworn in as the city's new leader, during a ceremony...
Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee walks off the stage with China's President Xi Jinping following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the...
Xi Jinping, China's president, right, swears-in John Lee, Hong Kong's chief executive, at a ceremony in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 1, 2022....
China's President Xi Jinping leaves the podium following his speech after a ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong...
China's President Xi Jinping stands with Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee as members of Lee's government are sworn in, during a ceremony in...
Technicians walk next to a banner supporting the new national security law at the end of a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 23rd anniversary of Hong...
Ceremonial scenes for the he official handover of the Hong Kong to China as the 99 year lease officially expires at midnight on 1st July 1997 and...
Soldiers participate in a military parade as part of handover ceremonies at HMS Tamar military base 30 June. The event was attended by outgoing...
Chinese Vice-premiere Qian Qichen , Premier Li Peng and President Jiang Zemin , Britain's Prince Charles and Prime Minister Tony Blair stand to...
Soldier raises the Chinese flag during the Handover ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention Centre 01 July. Hong Kong returned to China after more than...
Britain's Prince Charles steps off the plane after his arrival at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong 28 June. Prince Charles will grace the handover...
