Hong Kong Oct. 11-12

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October 12th 2012
Oct. 11. We arrived at the Hong Kong airport on time at about 10:00 a.m. and went through customs and immigration. This may seem odd since we're still in China, but the border between the mainland and Hong Kong is not completely free. Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR), which, as our local guide William pointed out, had an inconvenient connotation for tourists during the SARS o ... 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