The long road: Hong Kong autonomy has been tested since 1997
In this file photo taken Tuesday, July 1, 1997, then Hong Kong's newly inaugurated Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, right, receives a book bearing a picture of a statue from then Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen during a ceremony in Hong Kong. On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong, declared: "For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny." (Pool Photo via AP Photo, File)/ BEIJING (AP) — On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong, ...
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