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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]
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] Blog: Hong Kong 2: The return
Date: April 24th 2010
Date: April 24th 2010
Back to the island... Our return to Hong Kong meant several things, expense being the most immediately obvious. Still, it was a necessary side trip as our Visa's were soon to expire and HK was the closest place to get new ones. It is possible to simply extend a visa on the mainland, but only one time and we were saving this maneuvre for later on in the trip. We were l ... read more
