It's all in the timing - coincidences or not...Hong Kong was handed over to China on Jul 1, 1997, after 156 years of British colonial rule.
Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong in first trip outside mainland China since pandemic began
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong next week to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to China, state media reported on Saturday -- the leader's first trip outside the mainland since the pandemic began.
SHANGHAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to mainland China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday (Jun 25).
The trip will be Xi's first known visit outside mainland China since January 2020 after the COVID-19
"President Xi Jinping will attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland," Xinhua reported.
"Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region," it added.
Xi last visited the former British colony in 2017 to swear in city leader Carrie Lam and it is customary for Chinese leaders to travel to the city for key handover anniversary dates. . ."
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