>>I clearly remember and old B&W newscast in the UK, years ago, back in the 60s, with a load of Chinese students protesting in London. They all were holding up the book by its corner and chanting, in unison, "Down with British Imperialism!". Can't think why, as by that time most colonies had become independent, or close to it.
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>They must have been referring to Hong Kong. It appears that a hand-over to China was not a done deal back in the 60's.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong#Transition_to_PRC_rule

Interesting thing about HK. Not everyone realises that HK was ceded to GB forever, but the so-called "New Territories" around HK were only leased up to 1997. As I understand it, of course HK couldn't have survived as a colony without the NT's support so when the NTs returned to the PRC, HK would have had to "fall" to them too, even if GB had risked war to hold on to it.