UK Urges China to Open Dialogue With Hong Kong on 1984 Declaration Anniversary

UK Urges China to Open Dialogue With Hong Kong on 1984 Declaration Anniversary
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is seen at Downing Street in London, Britain, Dec. 17, 2019. Toby Melville/Reuters
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LONDON—Britain urged China on Dec. 19 to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and respect the commitments it made 35 years ago in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

The treaty signed on Dec. 19, 1984, pledged that Hong Kong’s high-degree of autonomy would be unchanged for 50 years after the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997.