When the United Nations analyzed 174 countries (including Hong Kong ) in 2000 to assess their "quality of life," three of the four "Little Dragons" of Asia (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan ) ranked in the top 15 percent. Hong Kong placed...

The resumption of Chinese rule over Hong Kong in 1997 meant that the world's leading communist nation would absorb one of the world's leading capitalist economies. International observers questioned whether the "one country, two systems" approach...

Hong Kong and Macau Hong Kong comprises an extension of China...

During the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the local Hong Kong population wore the same garments, made of silk or cotton, as the rest of the Han Chinese (ethnic Chinese majority) mainlanders. The changshan, or long gowns, for men, had a curved front...

special administrative region (Pinyin: tebie xingzhengqu; Wade-Giles: t'e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch'ü) of China located to the east of the Pearl River (Xu Jiang) estuary on the south coast of China. The region is bordered by Guangdong province on the...

(2001 pop. 6.7 million). Hong Kong was part of China's Guangdong Province until it became a British colony in 1842. In 1997, Hong Kong was returned to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and is now known as the Hong Kong Special...

Special administrative region of China (pop., 2005 est.: 6,926,000). Located on China's southern coast, it consists of the island of Hong Kong and adjacent islets in the South China Sea (ceded by China to the British in 1842), the Kowloon Peninsula...

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