People walk through Sydney's Chinatown on June 21, 2017. There are no official emigration figures, but Hong Kong government estimates show hundreds of thousands left the former British territory between 1990 and 1997, with the annual figure hitting 61,700 in 1990 and peaking at 66,200 in 1992. Australia, Canada and the US were the top destinations and are still home to thriving Cantonese communities. / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST / TO GO WITH HongKong-China-Britain-Australia-Canada-politics,FEATURE (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
