Example sentences of "to chinese sovereignty " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a time , just after Britain and China signed in 1984 their Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong , when the colony looked forward with high hopes to the 50 or more years of capitalist autonomy which both parent-governments had promised would follow its reversion to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 2 | Macao , the Portuguese territory on the southern coast of China , will revert to Chinese sovereignty in 1999 . |
| 3 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 13 reported that the Chinese government had refused to discount participation by a People 's Liberation Army officer in the civil government of Hong Kong after the colony 's return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 4 | Significantly , Macleod announced during his speech that the government planned to ensure that Hong Kong 's fiscal reserves would stand at HK$71,600 million by March 1997 ( Hong Kong was to revert to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997 ) . |
| 5 | The first high-ranking British politician ever appointed to the governorship , Patten would have the responsibility of managing Hong Kong 's transition to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 6 | China seriously escalated the dispute on Nov. 30 when it threatened to cancel , on Hong Kong 's reversion to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 , all commercial contracts , leases and agreements between the Hong Kong government and the private sector signed without full Chinese approval . |