Can Hong Kong people freely enter and leave Britain before Hong Kong's reunification?

Before 1997, Hong Kong was a British colony. All Hong Kong residents born before 1 July 19971can take British passports and count as half British. Naturally, they can enter and leave the United Kingdom at will. My cousin 10 was born in Hong Kong in July, and now my family often jokes that she almost became an Englishman. This statement about going in and out of the barracks is not quite right. At that time, as now, some festivals will open the barracks, but you can't go in and out casually at ordinary times, and no matter how free you are, you will be killed by the sentry if you break into the barracks casually abroad.

I think the social freedom is almost the same, just compare with the mainland, which is very different. The problem of funds is indeed related to the reunification. At that time, I heard that Hong Kong was going to return. Many local rich people are worried that the economic system will be different after the reunification and transfer their assets abroad or sell them. But now, one country, two systems has not been well implemented. In fact, the unemployment problem is not unique to Hong Kong. The global economic downturn is bound to be accompanied by large-scale unemployment, and the United States has nothing to say. 1997 When the Asian financial crisis broke out, Hong Kong's economy almost collapsed. Without the support of the China government, Hong Kong could not maintain its present prosperity.

In fact, after the reunification, there are very few things that really affect the lives of Hong Kong people, because Hong Kong still maintains its original legal system under the principle of "one country, two systems" and the China Government has not intervened. Moreover, after the reunification, Hong Kong's daily life depends on the mainland, and seafood, vegetables, fruits and all kinds of meat are imported from the mainland.

An aunt of mine who lives in Hong Kong said that the biggest difference is the popularity of Putonghua and more mainland tourists, and the rest are the same as before the reunification.