Hong Kong Handover Cheongsam Women

Two Chinese and European women wearing Cheongsam dresses (aka qipao) walk through Central, on their way to a handover party on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.

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Two Chinese and European women wearing Cheongsam dresses (aka qipao) walk through Central, on their way to a handover party on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.