CHINA: CHINA UNVEILS A CLOCK IN TIANANMEN SQUARE THAT WILL COUNT DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL HONG KONG RETURNS TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY

Record ID: 922132

  • Title: CHINA: CHINA UNVEILS A CLOCK IN TIANANMEN SQUARE THAT WILL COUNT DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL HONG KONG RETURNS TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY
  • Date: 28th December 1993
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) (REUTERS TELEVISION) GV TIANANMEN SQUARE 0.02 GV PANS TO BIG BOARD HANGING IN FRONT OF SQUARE 0.14 MCU/CU/PAN BOARD READING "CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S REGAINS SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG", COUNTDOWN CLOCK, DAYS LEFT UNTIL JULY 1, 1997 923 DAYS, SECONDS. (3 SHOTS) 0.43 CU SECONDS CLOCK CHANGING 0.36 MCU CLOCK 0.38 CRANE DOWN/GV/SV/PAN CHINESE SOLDIERS MARCHING (4 SHOTS) 0.54 SV/GV SUN SETTING OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE (2 SHOTS) 1.00 Initials
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 16:04
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  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADALJK6TN7ZO8ZP2B8WSSJPBCY
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: China has unveiled a clock in Beijing's Tiananmen Square that will count down the days until Hong Kong returns to Chinese sovereignty.

    The digital clock shows the number of days remaining until Britain hands back the colony to Beijing rule on June 30, 1997.

    It also shows the number of seconds -- more than 79 million -- left in the countdown.

    Former Nationalist general Cheng Siyuan, now a president of the China Council for Promoting Peaceful Reunification, unveiled the countdown clock outside China's museum of history and revolution that runs down the east side of Tiananmen Square.

    China has recently urged Britain to cooperate more on Hong Kong affairs. Zhou Nan, director of the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, said Governor Chris Patten had sabotaged relations between Britain and China with his plans to widen democracy in Hong Kong.

    Zhou said he hoped Britain would keep its promises and cooperate in the smooth handover of the territory over the next two and a half years.
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