Hong Kong handover

"Daily coverage of the Hong Kong Handover between Britain and China in 1997. The broadcasts are mainly from China Radio International (CRI) which was previously Radio Peking/Beijing. Other broadcasts are from the BBC World Service and Radio Singapore International. Intros and off-air recording by Ian Holder, Australia. Information on the Hong Kong Handover - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0630.html"

Recorded by Ian Holder, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive.

Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave