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  2. 1 day 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. 3 days ago · Handover of Hong Kong, transfer of the British crown colony of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, ending 156 years of British rule. After a formal handover ceremony on July 1, 1997, the colony became the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China.

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  4. 3 days ago · When it was a colony, Hong Kong was administered by a governor, who was appointed by and represented the monarch of the United Kingdom, directed the government, served as the commander in chief, and presided over the two main organs of government, the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

  5. 2 days ago · Sadly, the response has been driven by coercion rather than confidence in Hong Kong’s ability to flourish under the terms Beijing honored in the years after 1997. As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the Hong Kong protests, the tendency is to look back. Instead, Hong Kong’s friends must look ahead to the city’s long-term future.

  6. 1 day ago · The University of Hong Kong. "Ecologists reconstruct the history of biodiversity in the Indo-Australian archipelago and its rise as a hotspot." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 ...

  7. 4 days ago · The Macanese Community of Hong Kong. One of the findings in recent surveys in 2012 and 2013 is that many Macanese share their family origins in Hong Kong. Genealogical data and family histories also indicate residency in the British colony from its earliest days, suggesting that Hong Kong played an important, and often forgotten, role in the ...

  8. 1 day ago · However, before CEPA, exports from Hong Kong to Mainland China, like other regions, required payment of tariffs, ranging from 1.5% to 35%. CEPA officially came into effect on January 1, 2004. All goods produced in Hong Kong that also comply with the CEPA rules of origin can enjoy zero tariffs when exporting to the Mainland.