Hong Kong

         

                           Hong Kong

Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British  after the Qing dynasty ceded in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. TO the colony expanded in 1860 peninsula further was the united kindom of the 99 year the lease in 1898. from 1941 to 1945 during world war by  occupied Hong Kong The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997 Originally a sparsely populated IN the world financial centres one of the siginificant now one territory is commercial ports.

Etymology

THE territory in 1780 to a small referred name of a territory a located between island and southern coast hong kong was a island point of initial and local fishman.  IN OFFERED by island flowed on the origin the name from derived from hong-keang the colour of soil reflecting over red torrent. The name was also commonly written as the single word Hongkong until 1926, when the government officially adopted the two-word name Although European demand for Chinese commodities like tea, so could  European goods was  Chinese by the manufactured bought with precious metals

                                                           Hong Kong in 1868, photograph     

IN 1842 built by early  hostile in the  Administrative but piracy to the government from attracting commerce

        By the end of this war, Hong Kong had evolved from a transient colonial outpost into a major entrepôt. The colony was further expanded in 1898 when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories.  it transitioned to a service-based economy because in the manufacturing competitiveness.

Geography

Undeveloped terrain is hilly to mountainous, with very little flat land, and consists mostly of grassland, woodland, shrubland, or farmland

   

 As the mainland liberalised its economy, Hong Kong's shipping industry faced intense competition from other Chinese ports The city has the second-highest number of corporate headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region