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  2. 2 days 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 ...

  3. 5 days ago · Flag of Hong Kong: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals.

  4. 2 days ago · The Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance is the equivalent statute in respect of the Hong Kong flag. Both ordinances ban desecration of the Chinese flag and Hong Kong flag, respectively, through methods including "burning, mutilating, scrawling on, defiling or trampling".

  5. 4 days ago · May 22, 2024 / 7:40 AM EDT / CBS/AP. A former member of the U.K.'s Royal Marines who was charged with assisting Hong Kong authorities with gathering intelligence in the United Kingdom has died...

  6. 4 days ago · Flag of Macau. Head Of Government: Chief Executive: Ho Iat Seng. Capital: Macau. Population: (2024 est.) 681,000. Head Of State: President of China: Xi Jinping. Official Languages: Chinese; Portuguese. Recent News. May 22, 2024, 5:48 AM ET (South China Morning Post) Hong Kongs Paul Chan to visit US under bay area promotion with Macau, Guangdong.

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  7. 4 days ago · Updated 8:12 AM PDT, May 22, 2024. LONDON (AP) — A man accused of assisting Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the United Kingdom who was found dead in a park over the weekend had attempted suicide after he was charged, a prosecutor said.

  8. 4 days ago · 英屬香港 (英語: British Hong Kong ),是指1841年至1941年及1945年至1997年期间 英国 治下的 香港 。 統治時期一般稱為 香港英治時期 、 英治香港 或者 港英時期 。 稱謂. 英屬香港經年之間,覆蓋範圍有過變遷。 「香港」用作英國殖民地名之後,直指香港島及附屬領域。 其後英國取得九龍、租借新界,地理上以大香港(英语:Greater Hong Kong)稱香港全境,以分別香港島和香港仔。 官方以外,一般人都會直稱 香港 。 官方英文初期拼作「Hongkong」,戰後「Hong Kong」成為通用拼法。 當時管治香港的政府稱為香港政府(Hong Kong Government)或(Government of Hong Kong),日本語則作「香港政廳」。

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