"handover of sovereignty" being nulled ....

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    "handover of sovereignty" being nulled ....

    Originally, the division’s website read: “Since the handover of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, a number of foreign state or government leaders have visited Hong Kong.”

    The sentence now begins, simply, “Since July 1, 1997”.
    The protocol office would not comment on whether the word “handover” had conflicted with previous guidelines.
    We all knew this was inevitable.

    Government rewrites history of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover, one inconvenient phrase at a time | South China Morning Post

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    Isn't it in the modern era that any territory that's sovereignty is exchanged under duress is not a valid transfer.


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Isn't it in the modern era that any territory that's sovereignty is exchanged under duress is not a valid transfer.
    How many fingers Winston?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFV9w4B0eg