Two years before China took back control of the city from Britain, U.S. business magazine Fortune forecast on its cover that the 1997 handover would be "The death of Hong Kong."
'One country, two systems' formula can still be salvaged

While economic inequality has magnified political frustrations in Hong Kong, it is a loss of freedoms that has driven the protests. © Reuters
Two years before China took back control of the city from Britain, U.S. business magazine Fortune forecast on its cover that the 1997 handover would be "The death of Hong Kong."