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China's President to Attend Hong Kong's 20th Return Anniversary Celebration

© REUTERS / Denis BalibouseChinese President Xi Jinping watches during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping watches during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. - Sputnik International
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong in late June to attend the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Nong Kong's return to China, media reported Sunday.

High-rise buildings are partly covered by heavy fog at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour Monday, March 20, 2017. - Sputnik International
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BEIJING (SPUTNIK) — According to the Xinhua news agency, the celebrations will last from June 29 through July 1, and Xi is also expected to attend the inauguration ceremony of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, 59, who has recently been elected Hong Kong’s first female chief executive.

China gained sovereignty over Hong Kong, previously controlled by the United Kingdom, in 1997. The administrative region was granted legal, economic and political autonomy from Beijing under the "one country, two systems" principle formulated by Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission of the Communist Party of China Deng Xiaoping in early 1980s.

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