Hong Kong: the last 20 years under China
July 1997
After more than 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong is handed back to China. Beijing-backed Tung Chee-hwa, a Shanghai-born former shipping tycoon with no political experience, is sworn in as the first chief executive.
September 2002
Tung Chee-hwa's administration releases proposals for a controversial new anti-subversion law under Article 23 of Hong Kong's mini-Constitution, which requires the city to enact laws against treason, sedition and subversion.
July 2003
Some 500,000 people take to the streets to protest Article 23 a day after…
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