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2 days ago · Hong Kong, special administrative region of China, located to the east of the Pearl River estuary on the south coast of China. Hong Kong was a British possession for decades until it rejoined China in 1997. It is a vibrant cultural and financial center of Chinese society.
- Postwar Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Postwar, Economy, Politics: British troops...
- Cultural Life
Hong Kong’s is truly a mixed culture.Not only does the...
- Settlement Patterns
Hong Kong - Urbanization, Density, Islands: The...
- Manufacturing
Hong Kong - Manufacturing, Trade, Economy: The rapid...
- Victoria
Victoria, densely populated urban area in Hong Kong, a...
- New Territories
By the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory,...
- Pearl River
Pearl River, river in the southern United States, rising in...
- Kowloon Peninsula
Kowloon Peninsula, part of the Hong Kong Special...
- Guangdong
Guangdong, sheng (province) of South China.It is the...
- Postwar Hong Kong
21 hours ago · The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...
1 day ago · In 2019, Mr. Cheng, a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong and a former employee of Britain’s Consulate there, was arrested after a business trip to mainland China. For 15 days, he was ...
May 11, 2024 · From 1871 to 1997, the flag of Hong Kong was a Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong on a white disk. This flag symbolized Hong Kong as a British colony. It was replaced by the current flag when Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997. Why is Hong Kong not considered China?
- Hubert Roy
5 days ago · The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841.
3 days ago · Hong Kong, Chinese Xianggang or Hsiang-kang, Special administrative region of China.Area: 430 sq mi (1,114 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 7,541,000. Located on China’s southern coast, it consists of the island of Hong Kong and adjacent islets in the South China Sea (ceded by China to the British in 1842), the Kowloon Peninsula (ceded in 1860), and the New Territories (leased by the British ...
May 13, 2024 · Three men have appeared in a London court on charges that they helped the Hong Kong intelligence service gather information in Britain amid growing concern that hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activity in the U.K. Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, Matthew Trickett, and Chung Biu Yuen, were granted bail during a brief hear...
