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Hong Kong's history: From backwater to trading metropolis
Hong Kong's history: From backwater to trading metropolis
by  AFP

Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its sprawl of skyscrapers and role as a bustling financial hub and regional trade conduit off the southern coast of mainland China. Under British rule, Hong Kong transformed into a commercial and financial hub boasting one of the world's busiest harbours.

A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover
A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover
by  AFP

As midnight struck on June 30, 1997 and Hong Kong transitioned from British to Chinese rule, pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Wing-tat stood with colleagues on the balcony of the city's legislature, holding a defiant protest. So the minute the handover became effective, Lee and many of his colleagues became seatless, but remained within the legislature to protest their expulsion.

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