COUNTRY: Hong Kong
CONTINENT: Asia
POPULATION: 7.003.700
OFFICIAL LENGUAGE: Traditional Chinese
FLORA AN FAUNA: Hong Kong has a reputation for being an over populated metropolis, where every piece of land is efficiently used for urban development. Those who visit the city for the first time will be, therefore, surprised to discover that most of the territory's land (75%) is not developed at all. Moreover, most of Hong Kong is remarkably green, with about 40% of landmass reserved as country parks and nature reserves.
HISTORY: In the second millennium BCE the Chinese were the first to occupy the region of Hong Kong. In the seventeenth century, the region witnessed the struggles between the Ming and Qing dynasty. Before being occupied by the British, Hong Kong was a small fishing community and was a haven for pirates and smugglers of opium.
In principle, Britain used the island as a naval base during the Opium Wars with China. By the Treaty of Nanking (now Nanjing) in 1842-ending the first Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British for an indefinite period and began its expansion as a strategic port. After a second confrontation in 1860, Britain seized the islands of Kowloon and Stonecutters and in 1898; Hong Kong became a political refuge for exiles from the Chinese mainland in 1912 following the establishment of the Republic of China.
In principle, Britain used the island as a naval base during the Opium Wars with China. By the Treaty of Nanking (now Nanjing) in 1842-ending the first Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British for an indefinite period and began its expansion as a strategic port. After a second confrontation in 1860, Britain seized the islands of Kowloon and Stonecutters and in 1898; Hong Kong became a political refuge for exiles from the Chinese mainland in 1912 following the establishment of the Republic of China.
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