Handover of Hong Kong
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The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China occurred at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rul
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re
Handover of Hong Kong
…midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule, dating back to the capture of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. Hong Kong was a colony within the British Empire from 1841, except during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945. Its territory expanded after…
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Hong Kong in 1868, photograph by John Thomson
Peking Road in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1971
Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island, 2007