Margaret Thatcher Hong Kong Handover
Lady thatcher has spoken publicly for the first time of her regret at the impossible situation she faced while trying to negotiate the handover of hong kong to china.
Margaret thatcher hong kong handover. As a co signatory the uk government is committed to monitoring its. I only knew that basically in the 1980s. As i wasnt even born in 1982 this was my first time learning about this talk and the roles and stances margaret thatcher and deng xiaoping took on hong kongs future status.
Margaret thatcher and jim sillers. Apparently in 1982 chinas then leader deng xiaoping said. The uk has no sovereignty no power to rule and no power to supervise hong kong after the handover in response the british foreign office said.
After lengthy negotiations margaret thatcher hailed the signing of a joint declaration between britain and china over hong kong signaling the end of colonial rule. The transfer of sovereignty over hong kong commonly known as the handover of hong kong or simply the handover also the return in mainland china occurred at midnight at the start of 1 july 1997 when the united kingdom ended administration for the colony of hong kong and returned control of the territory to china. Margaret thatcher and the handover of hong kong.
Mr sheridan had spoken to lu ping who went on to head up negotiations about the hong kong handover with the last governor chris patten. C kyodo five years after the two iron. Sillars said hong kong people were to be deprived of the opportunity of a fundamental right to live and vote in a.
I was wandering around on the internet last thursday as i often do when i came across the british record of margaret thatchers meeting with deng xiaoping as they started formal talks about the future of hong kong in 1982. A declassified secret document prepared for newly elected british prime minister margaret thatcher in june 1979 warns of the upcoming issue of the lease to hong kongs new territories.