1.   Yet, in the past year, China has proceeded clumsily and mostly in secret as it lays its plans to resume sovereignty.

2.   Australian business interests in Hong Kong will be safe after China resumes sovereignty over the British colony next month, Chinese Vice Premier Zhu Rongji said Wednesday.

3.   But the international treaty that enabled the swap was between the Britain and Thailand and ceased to apply to Hong Kong once China resumed sovereignty.

4.   China has promised Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy and freedom of speech and assembly after it resumes sovereignty.

5.   China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong on July.

6.   Having resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong, China is spelling out its plans for Taiwan in three-story-high letters, a newspaper said Monday.

7.   Ms Loh sat in the last colonial legislature under British rule but was ousted, along with other pro-democracy legislators, when the mainland resumed sovereignty last year.

8.   Since China resumed sovereignty, Hong Kong has as largely enjoyed the autonomy Beijing promised.

9.   He or she would also have to pledge loyalty to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as the territory will be known after China resumes sovereignty.

10.   Hong Kong hopes to empty its detention centres before China resumes sovereignty over the territory in July next year.