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Encyclopedia > Economic history of Hong Kong
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Economic History of Hong Kong From Queen Victoria to the Second World War

  • Treaty of Nanking
  • Kowloon Treaty
  • Cession of the New Territories
  • Shiping, Banking, Industry
  • Sino-Japanese War

The New Territories (Chinese: 新界, Pinyin: Xīnjiè) is the area of land in Hong Kong, north of the Kowloon peninsula, south of Shenzhen He / Shum Chun River (深圳河) and Hong Kongs outlying islands (including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau), leased from Qing China to Britain in... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... There were two wars known as the Sino-Japanese War (between China and Japan): The First Sino-Japanese War occurred between 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. ...

Hong Kong After the War

  • China's Civil War
  • Communist Victory, HK's Isolation
  • Benefits to the Mainland of HK's status
  • Diversification of Industry

Reintegration with China

  • Death of Mao, Defeat of "Gang of Four"
  • Growth of Trade between HK and PRC
  • Peak in value of Manufactures, 1992
  • Service sector picks up slack

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Hong Kong's history during Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties is less known owing to the lack of records and archaeological findings.
In a letter to the chairman of the UN Committee on Decolonization in March 1972, Huang Hua, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations wrote that 'Hong Kong and Macau are parts of the Chinese territory occupied by the British and Portuguese authorities.
On April 4, 1990, the Hong Kong Basic Law was officially accepted as the mini-constitution of the Hong Kong SAR after the handover.
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