Why did Britain Handover Hong Kong to China? (Short Animated Documentary)

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Why did Britain give Hong Kong back to China? TL:DW - It's because they didn't have a choice. What were they going to do? Fight?

Sources:

A Reward for Good Behaviour in the Cold War: Bargaining over the Defence of Hong Kong, 1949-1957 by Chi-Kwan Mark

Lack of Means or Loss of Will? The United Kingdom and the Decolonization of Hong Kong, 1957-1967 by Chi-Kwan Mark

Hong Kong: The Critical Phase, 1945-1949 by W. Roger Louis

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