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Hong Kong has marked the 25th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule

"It is a universal rule in the world that political power must be in the hands of patriots," Xi said.

Freedom and democracy have disappeared in Hong Kong, Taiwan's premier said Friday, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the business hub to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its handover from Britain.

China's president says the "one country, two systems" framework is working — even as recent changes have all but eliminated dissenting voices in the territory.

From the hill in northernmost Hong Kong where Jasper Law stood, the border with China was obvious -- a narrow river dividing farmlands and fishponds from the gleaming skyscrapers of megacity Shenzhen. Friday is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese rule, AFP said. While the…

China's president Xi Jinping on Friday swore in John Lee, 64, as the city's next chief executive - the first security policy expert to run the China-ruled international financial hub since its handover from Britain in 1997.

Nearly 60 percent of young Hong Kongers have expressed a desire to emigrate amid diminishing freedoms in the city.

Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader, John Lee Ka-chiu, on Friday as a part of his two-day visit to the former British crown colony.

Hong Kong's new leader, John Lee, said on Friday that the rule of law is a fundamental value for the global financial centre and that a national security law imposed on the city in 2020 has brought stability after anti-government protests in 2019.

Freedom in Hong Kong has "vanished" and China has failed to live up to its promises of 50 years without change, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversees ceremony on first trip outside mainland China since the pandemic began.