The World - News from Aug. 20, 1987
Vietnamese refugees who have fled into Hong Kong from China will be returned in several groups beginning Saturday, Beijing and Hong Kong negotiators announced. More than 7,000 Vietnamese have poured into Hong Kong from China since July 1, according to Hong Kong government statistics. Many of the refugees were seeking to improve their standard of living. The negotiators met in Canton, about 90 miles from Hong Kong, to work out a repatriation plan. More than 280,000 Vietnamese, mainly of Chinese ancestry, settled in southern China in 1978-79, when relations between the two Communist neighbors deteriorated into a border conflict.
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