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96 hours in Hong Kong

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July 28th 2006
Man these days have been pretty crazy! Really overwhelmingly claustrophobic/depressing/exciting.... the smog has gone now but it's still notably harder to breathe in the city than in the hills around it. This is really a island of two classes with a huge gap between them, everyone who can afford to drive sits in a nicely air conditioned merc or beamer, and everyone else lives in a dirty concret ... read more

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more