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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Jessie Pang

What's changed - or stayed the same - since Hong Kong returned to China

Rows of Chinese and Hong Kong flags decorate a street outside a shopping mall, ahead of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 16, 2022. Picture taken June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 after 156 years of British colonial rule. China promised the city wide-ranging freedoms denied to those in mainland China for 50 years, although some say China has reneged on those promises, especially since 2020 under a new national security paradigm.

Here's a look at what's changed and what has remained over the past 25 years.

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