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Previous Next The Hong Kong ‘unofficials’ who advised Britain on the handover – and were ignored The Guardian 22 mins ago Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent and Jason Rodrigues © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: South China Morning Post/Getty Images In official Chinese and British versions of Hong Kong history, the choices of the great powers occupy most pages. Little room is given to the voices of the people of Hong Kong. But in the years leading up to the territory’s handover in 1997, one group of local industrialists tried – and failed – to influence the course of history....
