Joe says... (big snip).....

>Instead of yielding the Territories back, they gave it all back -
>Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and all.

I here that there was considerable pressure applied by the USA as part of
our
effort to "normalize" relations with MainLand China for the UK to agree to
this.

I would hate to think this is true, but the source is fairly reliable on
things like this.

Terry Simpkins