Ngempela, lowo ngumbuzo! Ungaba mncane kakhulu ukuthi ungakhumbula ukusakazwa bukhoma okuvela eminyakeni eyi-12 eyedlule kepha NgoJulayi 1, 1997 uhulumeni waseBrithani wanikela amandla kuhulumeni waseChina njengoba nje yayishiwo eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule.
Iqiniso ukuthi ngo-1841 iChina yalahlekelwa yimpi i-First Opium War neNgilandi yingakho yagcina ngokunikeza isiqhingi saseHong Kong inkontileka yeminyaka eyikhulu eyayizophela ngo-100. ukudluliswa kusukela Ngaphezu kokudluliswa kwezepolitiki, lapha bekunezinhlelo ezimbili ezihlukene ezazidlala: ongxiwankulu kanye nobukhomanisi.
Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona izingxoxo ezinkulu nezinkulumompikiswano mayelana nokuthi yini eyayingenzeka nokuthi iChina izokwenzenjani ngalesi sikhungo sonxiwankulu kodwa ekugcineni konke kwaguqulwa nalokho "kwezwe elilodwa, izinhlelo ezimbili" futhi zazingekho izinkinga ezinkulu. Kunoma ikuphi, kuhle ukwazi ukuthi iHong Kong neMacao bathola ukwelashwa okukhethekile futhi bayabizwa Ama-SAR (yiZindawo Eziphethe Ezikhethekile).