They went up because speculators anticipated an exodus of the wealthy from Hong Kong when the colony reverted to China, but this did not happen.

The former colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1999 after 400 years of Portuguese rule.

In 1997, the British colony reverts to China.

Beijing pursued a similar campaign with Hong Kong investors before the British colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.

In time these colonies would discover there was no such thing as a classless society and revert to the natural divisions.

It has been nearly two years since this former British colony reverted to Chinese rule.

The new legislature adopted the law hours after the colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.

This British colony reverts to mainland control in 1997, but for years its economy has been inextricably bound to China's economy, and both are booming now.

The commemoration of the killings was the first in Hong Kong since the former British colony reverted to Chinese rule.

The colony will revert to Chinese control in 1997.