What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us LONDON — China’s vice-president, who oversaw the crackdown on liberties in Hong Kong, is expected to attend the king’s coronation in the U. Hong Kong was handed back to China from British control in 1997 under a unique “one country, two systems” principle, which was supposed to give its residents civil freedoms and democratic rights that no other part of mainland China enjoys.  It is for China to decide who represents Xi at the coronation