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July 1, 1997

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1997 the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, finally found the receipt from when the British Crown originally purchased Hong Kong from China in 1841 and was able to return the island. China refused to refund England its full price back as Hong Kong had been removed from its container … Continue reading

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