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In the main text of the treaty, the Chinese government declared its intention to resume the exercise of its sovereignty over the entire area of Hong Kong (including the ceded areas of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, as well as the leased New Territories) on 1 July 1997 [59] and the British government agreed to transfer control of the ...
The Walled City became a haven for criminals and drug addicts, as the Hong Kong Police had no right to enter the City and China refused maintainability. The 1949 foundation of the People's Republic of China added thousands of refugees to the population, many from Guangdong ; by this time, Britain had had enough, and simply adopted a "hands-off ...
The treaty was the result of long negotiations which began in Messina, Italy, on 2 June 1995, nearly forty years after the signing of the Treaty of Rome, and reached completion in Amsterdam on 18 June 1997. Following the formal signing of the Treaty on 2 October 1997, the member states engaged in an equally long and complex ratification process ...
This category is for treaties that entered into legal force in the year 1997. For treaties that were written and opened for signature in 1997, see Category:Treaties concluded in 1997 . 1992
This category is for treaties that were written and opened for signature in the year 1997. For treaties that entered into force in 1997, see Category:Treaties entered into force in 1997 . 1992
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Crimea was formed in 1992, although the republic was abolished in 1995, with the Autonomous Republic of Crimea established firmly under Ukrainian authority and Sevastopol being administered as a city with special status. A 1997 treaty partitioned the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, ending ...
The Ghulja, Gulja, [3] [4] or Yining incident (Chinese: 伊寧 事件, Yīníng Shìjiàn) was the culmination of the Ghulja protests of 1997, a series of demonstrations [5] in the city of Yining—known as Ghulja in Uyghur—in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.
1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.