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1997 Hong Kong Shanghai Tang

A shopper leaves the Shanghai Tang fashion store in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as fragrant harbour or Heung Keung because of the smell of transported sandal wood.

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A shopper leaves the Shanghai Tang fashion store in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as fragrant harbour or Heung Keung because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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