An Ageing, Worried Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Out of UK’s Clutches

Twenty years on from the end of British colonial rule of Hong Kong, it would be hard to argue that the territory’s relative position in the world has improved. Indeed, the optimism felt at the time of the handover that the city could be beacon of freedom, prosperity and democracy in the region and the Chinese world has faded.

Hong Kong 2017 still has man…