Back هونغ كونغ البريطانية Arabic Ḥong Kong británicu AST Брытанскі Ганконг Byelorussian ব্রিটিশ হংকং Bengali/Bangla Hong Kong britànic Catalan Britisch-Hongkong German Hong Kongê Britanya DIQ Βρετανικό Χονγκ Κονγκ Greek British Hong Kong English Brita Honkongo Esperanto
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British Hong Kong (Chinese: 英屬香港) was a colony and British Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. It was Hong Kong when it was controlled as part of the British Empire. The British governed Hong Kong from 1841 to 1997, except for a small amount of time when the Japanese took over Hong Kong during World War II. During the First Opium War in 1841, the British took over Hong Kong Island. The British took over the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and the New Territories in 1898.[1][2]
- ↑ Endacott, G. B.; Carroll, John M. (2005) [1962]. A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-742-1.
- ↑ Vines, Stephen (3 January 1997). "A lease no one thought would run out". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2020.