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Hong Kong[ e] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [ f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing ...
As of 2021, 8 out of Hong Kong's 15 points of entry or border crossings controlled by the Immigration Department are located on or cross the land border fence. [10] Entry and exit immigration clearance into Hong Kong by sea can be cleared at 4 ferry terminals:, [10] and the other 3 out of 15 immigration clearance points in Hong Kong are located at 2 railway stations and one at the Hong Kong ...
Satellite Image of Hong Kong Location of Hong Kong with respect to the Pearl River Delta Map showing Hong Kong and surrounding cities Hong Kong borders the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province (1954) Map including Hong Kong and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (1955) Map including Hong Kong and surrounding region (DMA, 1984) Enlargeable, detailed map of the Hong ...
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge ( HZMB) is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing [ 5 ][ 6 ] and the longest open-sea fixed link in the world. The HZMB spans the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels ...
Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 to 1981 and was a British dependent territory from 1981 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. The Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong stipulate that Hong Kong operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least ...
In 1942, the Republic of China repealed the "unequal treaties" and began negotiations with the United Kingdom on the establishment of a new, fairer treaty. The highest authority in China, the Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission of the National Government, Chiang Kai-Shek, attempted to put the issue of Hong Kong onto the two parties' agenda, suggesting that the Kowloon concession should ...
Kowloon Walled City ( Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an Imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898.
1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Canton (Guangzhou) The Treaty of Peking. By the early 19th century, the British Empire trade was heavily dependent upon the importation of tea, silk, and porcelain from China. [33] [34] While the British exported to China luxury items like clocks, watches, there remained an overwhelming imbalance in ...