It's Time to Get Real
Hong Kong's leaders must learn to put the territory's interests before their own



Handover Special
Asiaweek presents the authoritative guide to the territory's biggest day
(June 1997)

Hong Kong's Broken Dreams
As recession digs in, the city struggles to outgrow its get-rich-quick ways.
(November 2001)

A Crisis of Credibility
Can Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa bounce back from a series of badly timed blunders?
(July 2000)


Hong Kong: A Day in the Life...
Palani Mohan's compelling images of an ordinary day in an extraordinary place

Goodbye Union Jack
What was lost with the end of British Rule?



Who Needs Hong Kong?
How the city lost its lock on the China market
(May 2002)


The Death of Hong Kong
The naked truth about Hong Kong's future can be summed up in two words: It's over
(June 1997)


Hong Kong: Dynamo in Transition
TIME's Handover special report
(June 1997)

Is Hong Kong Dying?
Maybe FORTUNE's notorious 1995 death knell wasn't so far off the mark
(September 2001)

A Clash of Two Cities
International business needs a gateway to China. Will it be Hong Kong or Shanghai?
(December 2000)

Wrong Touch
Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa is slow to develop political skills and quick to please Beijing
(July 2000)

So Much For Autonomy
Facing a thorny immigration problem, Hong Kong's leaders cede ultimate legal authority to China
(May 1999)


Will Shanghai overtake Hong Kong as the future financial center of Asia?

Yes
No
Not Sure




Gloomy skies over HK handover annivesary

One country, two systems: Five years on



Hong Kong Transition Project


PHOTO: THE HONG KONG HANDOVER CEREMONY, JULY 1, 1997. CREDIT: POOL/AP
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