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At 16:15 a.m. on June 30, 997, Chris Patten received from the guards the British flag that would never be raised here again, lowered the Governor's flag in front of the Governor's Palace, rolled it into a bag, and tucked it under his arm.

The lowering of the Governor's flag means that the Governor of Hong Kong has retired. Traditionally, when the Governor leaves office, he will take a three-week circle in front of the Governor's Palace, indicating that he will return to his old place in the future, but Patten's car only circled for two weeks before leaving.

According to the scheduled plan, after attending the handover ceremony of Hong Kong's sovereignty in the evening, Patten and his family will accompany British Crown Prince Charles to leave Hong Kong on the royal yacht HMY Britannia.

The handover ceremony of the Chinese and British governments in Hong Kong was held at midnight on June 30. At 23:42, the handover ceremony officially began.

After the Chinese and British honor guards entered, the trumpeters of both sides blew the salute horns, and the leaders entered.

After the guard of honor marched~, Prince Charles spoke. He said this important and special ceremony marked the return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China after more than 150 years of British rule. He paid tribute to those who translated the "One Country, Two Systems" vision into the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and to those who worked hard to negotiate the details of the implementation of the Joint Declaration.

Charles said Hong Kong showed the world that vibrancy and stability can be the distinguishing characteristics of a successful society. He said that Hong Kong will henceforth be returned to China, and under the framework of "one country, two systems," Hong Kong will continue to have its distinctive characteristics and continue to become an important international partner of many countries in the world. The Joint Declaration made a solemn commitment to the world to ensure that Hong Kong would continue to live her way of life. For her part, the UK will remain steadfast in her support for the Joint Statement.

Then, the Chinese and British flag guards entered, and the flag-lowering and flag-raising ceremonies symbolizing the handover of Hong Kong power between the two governments began. All the Chinese and foreign guests attending the ceremony stood up. The eyes of the audience were focused on the flagpoles erected on the east and west sides of the rostrum in front of the officiating platform.

The British and Hong Kong flags descend to the sound of the national anthem. With the lowering of the rice flag, a century and a half of British colonial rule in Hong Kong came to an end.

There were only a few seconds left at this zero point, and the audience was solemn.

0:00 on July 1. Accompanied by the sound of the national anthem. The national flag of China and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) were slowly raised.

The audience was boiling. Many had tears in their eyes. The thunderous applause lasted for a long time. Cameras, camcorders, and ground lenses are constantly flashing. Record this solemn moment in history.

After that, the No. 1 leader made a speech after the return of Hong Kong. The Central Government is responsible for managing Hong Kong's foreign affairs and defence. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) enjoys executive, legislative, independent judicial power and final adjudication power in accordance with the Basic Law. Hong Kong residents enjoy all rights and freedoms in accordance with the law. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will gradually develop a democratic system suited to Hong Kong's actual conditions.

Hong Kong will continue to maintain its status as a free port. We will continue to play the role of an international financial, trade and shipping center. We will continue to develop economic and cultural relations with various countries, regions and relevant international organizations. The legitimate economic interests of all countries and regions in Hong Kong will be protected by law.

He expressed his belief. It has the strong backing of the people of the whole country. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Hong Kong compatriots will certainly be able to manage and build Hong Kong well. Maintain Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. Creating a better future for Hong Kong.

0:12 a.m. The handover ceremony in Hong Kong ended.

Present at the handover ceremony were representatives of more than 40 countries and regions, heads of 30 international and regional organizations, internationally renowned politicians, representatives of consular offices of more than 10 countries in Hong Kong, and representatives of non-governmental organizations and offices of regional and international organizations in Hong Kong.

People from all walks of life in Hong Kong, compatriots from Macao and Taiwan, and Chinese and Chinese from more than 30 countries and regions also attended the handover ceremony.

More than 8,000 reporters from more than 700 news media outlets around the world covered and reported on this historic scene.

Fan Wuxian also noticed a small episode in this, which expressed the inaction and helplessness of the British to leave Hong Kong.

Twenty minutes before the handover ceremony began, the bands of both sides took turns playing four pieces of music to set the mood for the venue. The first piece played by the Chinese side was "Amaranth". Soon after the soothing music sounded, the tension in the venue began to melt and the guests began to whisper. Music is a language without borders that plays a wonderful role at this time.

At 23:59, the British band began to play "God Save the Queen" and lowered the British flag. Under normal circumstances, the national anthem takes more than 50 seconds, but as soon as they play it without illness, they feel that something is wrong, and their rhythm is much faster than usual.

As a result, the British played it in just over thirty seconds.

At that time, there was a sudden coldness, and the Chinese side only made preparations for the British side to resolutely play on time if it delayed time, but did not expect that they would speed up the performance.

This is tantamount to leaving more than 20 seconds of blank time for the Chinese military band.

It was a suffocating twenty seconds, Fan Wuxian was beside him, Shen Ying held his hand tightly, and he saw the prime minister raise his wrist and look at his watch carefully, obviously a little worried about it.

But the conductor of the Chinese military band was not a vegetarian either, completely ignoring the gap left by the British, and at 23:59:58 and a half, he decisively raised his baton.

At 0:00,000,000, the baton started on time, the "March of the Volunteers" resounded through Victoria Harbour, and the bright five-star red flag and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were raised.

After that, Shen Yingcai frowned and asked Fan Wuxian, "What are the British doing?" Isn't that interesting? ”

"Of course, I will not be reconciled to withdraw from the stage of history, which is also a tendency to show myself." Fan replied, "But fortunately, our reaction is also very correct, and we are completely undisturbed by them." ”

Although the British raised the rhythm and flowed out of a gap of more than 20 seconds, they could only be embarrassed by this, and they couldn't even grasp the rhythm well, no wonder they left. If the Chinese side did not wait for the time to remember the national anthem in advance, then there would be a problem. Foreigners will surely shout in today's newspapers that the Chinese are already impatient waiting for the recovery of Hong Kong and want to exercise their sovereignty more than 20 seconds in advance, which is an open violation of the "Joint Declaration" and an infringement of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

Although it may not make much trouble, the saliva lawsuit will definitely be entangled, at least at any time when it comes to the return ceremony of Hong Kong, they will put this matter on the table and ridicule it.

And what makes Fan Wu even more vigilant is that Qin Rushan and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority have given him information that the current hot money entering the Hong Kong market is increasing, which can be said to be adding fuel to the fire for the mushroom stock market, which is currently slowing down.

After attending the ceremony of Hong Kong's return to China, Shen Ying returned to China alone, and Fan Wuxian was invited to stay in Hong Kong for a while.

In the sixties, in addition to borrowing money from Fan Wuxi, Soros also raised a huge amount of funds and launched a fierce attack on Thai Railways again, the major exchanges were in chaos, the Thai baht fell sharply, and traders frantically sold the Thai baht. The Thai government has used $30 billion in foreign exchange reserves and $15 billion in international loans in an attempt to turn the tide. However, this meagre $45 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to the sky-high level of international travel funds, and it is of no avail.

On 2 July, the day after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the Thai government, unable to compete with Soros anymore, had no choice but to announce that it would change the currency-linked exchange rate system that had been maintained for 13 years and implement a floating exchange rate system. After hearing the news, the Thai baht fell even more.

Soros was not satisfied with his first victory, he decided to sweep the whole of Southeast Asia and make another profit. Hurricane Soros soon swept through Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia and other countries. The Indonesian rupiah, Philippine peso, the kyat, and the Malaysian ringgit have depreciated sharply, leading to factory closures, bank bankruptcies, and rising prices. Hurricane Soros, which swept through Southeast Asia, swept away tens of billions of dollars in wealth and wiped decades of economic growth in these countries to ashes.

The Asian financial crisis also quickly spread to foreign exchange earners and securities markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe and other Asia, and the foreign exchange and securities markets of Brazil, Poland, Greece, Singapore, Taiwan, and other countries and regions also experienced turmoil, with the value of currencies and securities falling one after another, and the governments of these countries having to use their national coffers to support their own currencies and securities markets. Many countries have reached the point where they have changed their color in terms of "cord". Soros's attack on the financial market has caused many developing countries' debt and trade deficits to surge, which is extremely destructive, and countries have begun to strengthen financial supervision and guard against Soros at all times, which has also made Soros's actions less easy.

After sweeping Southeast Asia, Soros finally moved to Hong Kong.

In mid-July, the Hong Kong dollar was subjected to a large number of speculative sell-offs, and the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar was shocked, falling all the way to the psychological threshold of 7.75 Hong Kong dollars per dollar. Hong Kong's financial markets are in turmoil, with crowds of people running on banks in front of major banks, and the Hong Kong dollar is in a hurry for the first time in many years.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) not only sent a distress message to the Central Government, but also requested Fan to seek help and ask him to use his foreign exchange resources to help maintain the stability of the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate.

Because they know very well that Fan Wuxian has a lot of dollars in his hands, and the investment in Hong Kong stocks alone is as much as tens of billions, not to mention the tens of billions of dollars of funds that have just been withdrawn, plus some other funds, it is estimated that hundreds of billions of dollars can be taken out at any time.

At the request of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a high-level member of the central government, Guan said that this matter was naturally unavoidable, and Fan Wuzhi would not be able to leave Hong Kong in a short period of time.

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