The World - News from May 28, 1985
China and Britain held a formal ceremony in Peking that legally put into effect their agreement to restore Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty when the British lease expires in 1997. Britain’s ambassador to China, Richard Evans, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhou Nan, who negotiated the Hong Kong accord, signed the exchange protocol, the last step in the ratification process.
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