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As a result, the unemployed were deported to Mainland China, and the population of Hong Kong dwindled from 1.6 million in 1941 to 600,000 in 1945. Furthermore, the Japanese modified the territory's infrastructure and landscape significantly in order to serve their wartime interests.
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Macau is a small but important port city on the south coast of China, just south of Guangzhou and about 65km from Hong Kong. It was leased to Portugal in 1557 and officially became a Portuguese ...
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Sep 3, 2019 · Hong Kong and China Enter ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Arrangement Until 2047. In 1984, the U.K. and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration outlining their plan for Hong Kong. This ...
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Sep 4, 2023 · HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: FACTS. Administrative centre: Tamar. Area: 2,755 sq km. Languages: Chinese, English. Population: 7.2 million. Life ...
Mar 19, 2024 · The Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 dictated the terms under which Hong Kong was returned to China. The declaration and Hong Kong’s Basic Law, the city’s constitutional document that ...
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Street scene in Macau in the 1840s, by George Chinnery. 1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Canton (now Guangzhou) After China ceded Hong Kong to the British in 1842, Macau's position as a major regional trading centre declined further still because larger ships were drawn to the deep-water port of Victoria Harbour.
May 6, 2022 · From the start of an all-out war between China and Japan in July 1937 until Hong Kong’s occupation by Japan in December 1941, and until the end of the war in Macau (that was never formally occupied despite growing Japanese pressure), the two colonial territories turned into refugee cities, where the number of new residents – most of whom ...
