[grayhatter]

Wasn't it that they installed sympathetic politicians, which then led to the UK willingly turning over control (despite the local protests). Calling that a takeover seems misleading to me.

Ahh somewhat willingly, the lease to the land expired. So seemingly no choice was given.

[Clubber]

They broke the agreement for the handover by about 25 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems