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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.
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3 days ago · 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 from China from 1898 to 1997).
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 ...
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20 hours ago · In July, a typhoon struck Hong Kong, damaging British ships in the harbour and destroying some of the facilities the expedition was building on the island. The situation changed when, on 29 July, Elliot was informed that he had been replaced as Superintendent by Henry Pottinger, who arrived in Hong Kong on 10 August to begin his administration ...
1 day 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。
3 days ago · Tensions between Beijing and London have been rising over China's sweeping national security crackdown since 2019, when sometimes violent pro-democracy protests swept Hong Kong, a former British ...
4 days ago · Hong Kong was under British rule for 156 years before reverting to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Yau said Britain should fairly handle the matter and give an open account of the incident ...
