Booklet 5 - Return of Hong Kong

Question 1

lease

Answer 1

99 years
due to expire 1997

Question 2

hong kong had become

Answer 2

an economic powerhouse

Question 3

complete contrast to 1842

Answer 3

Lord Palmerston (british foreign secretary) had dismissed hong kong as a “barren rock”

Question 4

even as Britain declined as a superpower post-WW2..

Answer 4

China still saw it as a rival
Mao named Britain as the country he wanted to overtake in steel production during the Great Leap Forward

Question 5

2 reasons why the PRC wanted Hong Kong back

Answer 5

• economically prosperous
• wanted to remove the last piece of western imperialism

Question 6

one country two systems

Answer 6

deng
by allowing hong kong to retain capitalist principles, it also portrayed PRC as tolerant to the rest of the world

Question 7

negotiations began when?

Answer 7

1982
Margaret Thatcher

Question 8

2 rejected proposals from Britain

Answer 8

Britain keep Hong Kong
Britain run day to day administrative procedures, but China in official control

Question 9

Joint Agreement - what year?

Answer 9

1984

Question 10

joint agreement terms

Answer 10

• britain accept PRC control of HK
• HK would be a SAR (special administrative region)
• beijing would replace british governor with a chief executive
• one country two systems and 50 year grace period

Question 11

who did beijing replace the british governor with

Answer 11

chief executive
Tung Chee-haw (former shipping tycoon)

Question 12

50 year transition period aimed to do what?

Answer 12

preserve capitalism and democracy

Question 13

Britain undertaking democratic reforms

Answer 13

1989+ due to pro-democracy protests caused by Tiananmen
China made clear that post-1997 they would disregard any British reforms

Question 14

from what date did China get control of HK

Answer 14

1 July 1997

Question 15

Basic Law

Answer 15

1990
one country two systems
HK’s mini constitution
only valid for 50 years