ABSTRACT
On the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, a giant clock, mounted on a 16-meter-high, 9.6-meter-wide metal panel and overhung with Chinese national flags and emblems, was installed between two pillars in front of the building jointly occupied by the National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution (Figure 2.1). At the top of the panel were the five gold stars of the Chinese flag. Underneath them were four lines of Chinese characters:
The Chinese Government (Zhongguo zhengfu) Resumes the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (dui Xianggang
huifu xingshi zhuquan) Counting down time (daojishi) to July 1, 1997 (ju 1997 nian 7 yue 1 ri).
