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Hong Kong–Mainland China conflict. 16 June 2019 demonstration, at Justice Drive, capturing Queensway, Admiralty during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. Relations between people in Hong Kong and mainland China have been relatively tense since the early 2000s. Various factors have contributed, including different interpretations of the "one ...
The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government 's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
May 30, 2023 · Hong Kong hosts several high tech and innovation companies, [205] including several multinational companies. [206] [207] Hong Kong is the ninth- and eight-largest trading entity in exports and imports respectively (2021), [208] [209] trading more goods in value than its gross domestic product.
Hong Kong is a coastal city and major port in Southern China, bordering Guangdong Province through the city of Shenzhen to the north and the South China Sea to the east, south, and west. Hong Kong and its 260 nearby islands and peninsulas are located at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta. The area of Hong Kong is distinct from Mainland China ...
Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of the Cantonese language of the Sino-Tibetan family.. Although Hongkongers refer to the language as "Cantonese" (廣東話), publications in mainland China describe the variant as Hong Kong dialect (香港廣東話), due to the differences between the pronunciation used in Hong Kong Cantonese and that of the Cantonese spoken in neighbouring Guangdong Province ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. [2]
Footnotes. ↑ Since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, Hong Kong has used the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. ↑ Historically, the capital of Hong Kong territory was Victoria City; government headquarters are located in the Central and Western District ( 22°17′N 114°08′E ).
