Hong Kong Island

concern there is with Hong Kong’s political and social situation is the issue of independence, nationalism and identity. Hong Kong’s political identity and struggle, although has extensive history, prevails today. The identity crisis began in the year 1997. On July 1st, Hong Kong was handed over back to the People’s Republic of China (PRC); acquiring the title of being a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC. This is only a temporary title, however, as on July 1, 2046, Hong Kong will lose its SAR

their nations after World War II; The Chinese refugees were escaping communism, while the Japanese were escaping a destroyed Japan who lost World War II (Lui). These refugees, who went through serious difficulties, finally ended up migrating to Hong Kong, which provided them with the opportunity to start a new life in the famous (or infamous) Kowloon Walled City. Once considered the most densely populated place on earth (Carney), the Kowloon Walled City, with its particular history, strange form

of Justice, who is blindfolded and holds a scale. According to Simon Ng, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, “the blindfolded Themis standing right above the royal coat of arms is a visual reiteration of the centuries-old ideal of rule of law that even the sovereign must be subject to the law and reason.” Because of newly instituted western education, Hong Kong became susceptible to the ideas of fairness and impartiality in the justice system, which along with its capitalist economy

in the Middle and Far East countries of Asia. The colony that really strengthened the British Empire’s dominance in the east was acquiring the colony of Hong Kong. Having Hong Kong as part of the British Empire helped with trading for Chinese silk and tea and it also made easier to trade with India; Britain’s “Jewel in the Crown.” With Hong Kong and India under its control the British Empire was stronger than ever, that is until the 20th century after World War II. Many historians believed that this

HONG KONG REFLECTIONS A Concise History Of Hong Kong was a prequel to one of the most fascinating places I have ever traveled to. Going through history class, and growing up, I had heard many stories of Hong Kong, China, Britain, and Japan, but I never realized how intertwined they truly were and how their stories were really told. John Carroll did a remarkable job setting the scene for what Hong Kong was, where they had been, and how they made it through all of it and came out with their own identity

History Of Hong Kong was a prequel to one of the most fascinating places I have ever traveled to. Going through history class, and growing up, I had heard many stories of Hong Kong, China, Britain, and Japan, but I never realized how intertwined they truly were and how their stories were really told. John Carroll did a remarkable job setting the scene for what Hong Kong was, where they had been, and how they made it through all of it and came out with their own identity. Hong Kong is a bustling

According to scientists, there has been human activity on Hong Kong since the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras. However, the earliest recorded European man to travel there was a Portuguese man named Jorge Álvares who did not travel there until 1513. For many thousands of years, Hong Kong was subjected to the rule of the dynastic China. However, Britain gained the land of Hong Kong after defeating the Chinese army in the Opium Wars. Today, Hong Kong has a democratic government modeled very much after

20 January 1841, Hong Kong, a Chinese archipelago mainly inhabited by fishers and smugglers, was occupied by the British Empire during the first opium war against the Chinese Qing Empire. On 29 August 1842 the war ended with the Treaty of Nanjing, which included an obligation that China approved the island of Hong Kong as a crown colony of Great Britain. Further conflicts escalated into the second opium war, which resulted in peace in 1860 with the signing of the Convention of Beijing. One of the

Abstract: For this journal, Hong Kong will be introduced as Asia’s world city. Lecture notes and readings from class will be provided to back this characterization and fundamentally shape an analysis, particularly one aimed to make on the recent political and cultural events in Hong Kong. Evidently the circulating effects of globalization and economic policy have rendered islands of Hong Kong into major tourist attractions. For instance, Cause Bay and Wan Chai are two colorful districts that offer

outset, the British foundation has complicated the Hong Kong residents’ identity and relationship to the rest of China. The Communist Party allowed a one-country, two-system created an empire-like association of Hong Kong natives to the state of China. The Hong Kong demonstrators want “a free and direct election of the chief executive in 2017” (Wong 2014). Yet, many critics think that Hong Kong citizens already have a lot of freedoms. While Hong Kong strives for a more democratic rule, critics form