The Harbor at Night

Capital Punishment and The Peak - Last Day in Hong Kong

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July 8th 2011
Our last day in Hong Kong ended with the best view of the city yet. First, we attended a lecture on capital punishment. I learned quite a bit that I did not know. China is the country with the most reported cases of capital punishment in the world. The United States also made the top five. An opinion that the lecturer presented, supported by data, is that capital punishment is not a deterrent f ... 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