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After 1997, Hong Kong experienced problems integrating with the Chinese mainland in terms of economic, cultural, and political issues. [2] On the economic side, the Hong Kong government pushed for several controversial policies, such as Individual Visit Scheme, an economic integration plan with the Pearl River Delta, and the construction of high-speed rail. [3]
Battle of Hong Kong. The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong around the same ...
Japan occupied Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. [5] By the end of the war in 1945, Hong Kong had been liberated by joint British and Chinese troops and returned to British rule. [6] Hong Kong greatly increased its population from refugees from Mainland China, particularly during the Korean War and the Great Leap Forward.
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.
In 1942, the Republic of China repealed the "unequal treaties" and began negotiations with the United Kingdom on the establishment of a new, fairer treaty.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 ...
More than 300 people died of torture and starvation. During the Japanese occupation, a total of 20,000 Hong Kong people and 20,000 mainlanders were abducted to mine in Hainan Island, where they were abused and many died of starvation.Of the 40,000 Chinese workers on Hainan Island, only 5,000 survived.
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...
The Four Bandits in 1888, in Hong Kong. Sun Yat-sen is second from the left. In February 1895, the Blue Sky with a White Sun design was first presented in Hong Kong. Republic of China flag flying in Hong Kong at The Cenotaph on Liberation Day in 1945 Obelisk and Republic of China flags flying at Sun Yat Sen Commemorative Garden, Tuen Mun Marker in front of the former Revive China Society ...