Hong Kong Handover

Published: June 29, 2012, 8:28 a.m.

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In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule.

There were ceremonies and fireworks to celebrate the end of colonialism - but some residents were not happy.

Emily Lau, was a leading pro-democracy campaigner at the time, she remembers that day.

(Photo: Hong Kong in 2007. Credit: China Photos / Getty Images)

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