History of Hong Kong

Hong Kong has been commonly constructed as and known to both tourists as a thoroughly metropolitan city, of which its modern architecture, especially with its densely populated skyline around the Victoria Harbour, and boisterous and fast paced lifestyle involving non-stop eating and shopping take centre stage as a few of Hong Kong’s many selling points (Choi, Chan & Wu, p 364). Much of Hong Kong’s status as an economic success could be attributed to its harbour. After Hong Kong was ceded to the

999565938 HIS385H1 Professor Lim How China-Hong Kong Relations Have Resulted in Today’s Occupy Movement Introduction This paper will use various scholarly articles to explain how China-Hong Kong relations ultimately impacted Hong Kong and resulted in the present-day pro-democracy protests (Occupy) throughout the territory. The Succeeding History on the Government of Hong Kong British Colonization and Beginning of Settlement The British occupied Hong Kong in 1841, which provided a significant socio-economic

Another reason for the protest is the increasing dissatisfaction with the chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, who is very unpopular in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, unlike other politicians who are disliked by people because of his or her incapability of bringing positive changes, political theories that are either too aggressive or too conservative, or not following his or her original mind, Leung is condemned only because of his awkward position as a leader who is elected and supported by China before

“I believe that the only plausible explanation for the different rates of growth is socialism in Britain, free enterprise and free markets in Hong Kong. Has anybody got a better explanation? I’d be grateful for any suggestions.” Milton Friedman asks us this in his 1998 essay: The Hong Kong Experiment. Milton Friedman was part and founder of a school of economic thinkers called the Chicago School. This group believed strongly in the power of Capitalism, and although there are many definitions for

Attitudes of Great Britain, China and Hong Kong to the Handing Over of Hong Kong in June 1997 In 1898 the British Empire who had already acquired Hong Kong island, convinced the Imperial Chinese Government that they needed to expand their position in the Eastern waters. Naturally like any other weak country with a fear of another war at hand agreed to this proposition and gave a strip of mainland China, the New Territories, to be a part of Hong Kong. However, it was given as a lease

According to scientists, there has been human activity on Hong Kong since the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras. However, the earliest recorded European man to travel there was a Portuguese man named Jorge Álvares who did not travel there until 1513. For many thousands of years, Hong Kong was subjected to the rule of the dynastic China. However, Britain gained the land of Hong Kong after defeating the Chinese army in the Opium Wars. Today, Hong Kong has a democratic government modeled very much after

colonial past. All of which are reasons to visit this amazing city, Hong Kong! At a little more than 420 square miles, Hong Kong is comprised of more than 200 islands, with terrains that vary from flat lowland to steep mountains. Its population numbers more than 7 million people, with 95 percent being of Chinese descent. (USATODAY) The official language includes English and the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Ten percent of Hong Kong’s population is Christian, while the remaining 90 percent practice

Chan 12/9/2014 Christianity in Hong Kong By the time Hong Kong became a British colony, the foundation stones for Christianity had been laid. Both Catholicism and Protestant Christianity had firmly taken root in Macau since the arrival of the Portuguese in the seventeenth century. Christianity was also part of the “bizarre and corrupted mixture of beliefs that made up the Taiping ideology” during the Taiping Revolution (Smith). When the British took control of Hong Kong, Christianity started to play

colonialism within the broader globalization processes of industrialization and deindustrialization in Hong Kong? Globalization is manifesting itself as a result of colonial processes. The effects of Hong Kong’s colonial history are still present as it is not its own independent city-state and currently has semi-autonomous rule under mainland China. After giving a brief history on colonial Hong Kong, I will be focusing on the Sino-British Agreement of 1984 and its subsequent effects on the city’s decolonization

Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region of the People 's Republic of China, is an economically, politically and culturally unique city in Pacific Asia. As one of the world’s leading international financial centres, Hong Kong is prosperous and very densely populated. However, even a modern, highly developed megacity like Hong Kong has its major downfalls; the largest civil movement in the history of Hong Kong broke out in its business centre, Central, approximately a year ago. On September