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Storm clouds loom over Hong Kong on June 13, 2007. While Hong Kong has survived a number of difficulties since Britain returned it to China's control a decade ago, the outlook remains cloudy over when the enclave may have full democracy.
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Hong Kong's harbor in July 1967
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From 1997: Hong Kong's Aberdeen Harbor, where residents live on boats docked near high-rise buildings on shore.
The flags of Hong Kong (left) and China flutter over the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong in June 2007. The high-rise looming behind to the left is the Bank of China, designed by famed architect I.M. Pei, a landmark of modern Hong Kong.
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In a sign that free speech is still protected in Hong Kong, banners denouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) span a street corner in the former British colony.
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Now ten years later, a Rolls Royce awaits a passenger at the famed Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. The Peninsula is a landmark in Kowloon, a district of Hong Kong, which on July 1 celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the return of the former British colony to China.
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In the 1960s, Hong Kong had fewer skyscrapers than in 2007
Hong Kong's waterfront convention center is seen through the window of a ferry. Hong Kong remains a vibrant financial hub of Asia a decade after its return to Chinese control. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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