UK 1984 Pledge to Back Hong Kong if China Breaks Joint Declaration Uncovered

The United Kingdom’s vows to call out China if it fails to stick to the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, recently declassified documents reveal.
UK 1984 Pledge to Back Hong Kong if China Breaks Joint Declaration Uncovered
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (L) meeting the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Beijing on Dec. 19, 1984. (Pierre-Antoine Donnet/AFP/Getty Images)
12/29/2014
Updated:
12/30/2014

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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