Historical Perspectives Series

Through the Mist

It has been 12 years since China and Britain signed the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong's future. Yet, the political scene today is still anything but calm, perhaps stormy at times. Will the high degree of autonomy promised under the "one country, two systems" policy be fulfilled? Many in the territory remain skeptical. Hong Kong Connection looks into the ever changing political stage in the first six special features, "Final Countdown", on the run-up to 1997.

Under Two Flags

As the drama unfolds on the closing chapter of Hong Kong's colonial government, senior officials find themselves very much in the limelight, caught in a tug-of-war between Britain and China. Will Hong Kong's 180 thousand civil servants manage to ride out what has been described as "a smooth transition"? Share their hopes and doubts on Hong Kong Conection.

• "Emigration vs. Immigration" Series
• "Anxiety of the Uncertainty" Series
• "Searching for the Root" Series
• "Live-Like-There's-No-Tomorrow Symptom" Series
• "Collaboration Between Hong Kong and China Policemen" Series
• Historical Perspectives Series