Geography
Hong Kong comprises a small, irregularly-shaped peninsula, plus a group of islands, covering just under 1,100 square kilometres of territory overall. Clinging to China’s southern coast, it lies just within the Tropic of Cancer, looking out to the South China Sea. Hong Kong’s only land ‘border’ is with mainland China. Although Hong Kong is now…
History
The Distant Past Archaeological studies show that parts of Hong Kong have been inhabited for at least five millennia. The area was incorporated into the Chinese empire in the Qin Dynasty, around 200BC. Ancient Hong Kong may originally have been a salt production and pearl fishing hub, but in the Tang Dynasty, around 1,000 years…
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