Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China since 1st July 1997.
No, Hong Kong is instead governed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, who is currently Leung Chun-ying. When it was still a British colony, Hong Kong was headed by a British-appointed governor.
1841-1997
The British colony of Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.
Hong Kong was first formally ceded to the British on August 29, 1842.
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Hong Kong was a British colony. On December 25, 1941 Great Britain surrendered Hong Kong to Japan. The people of Hong Kong called it Black Christmas.
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Never. China was never under british rule, but Hong Kong was for several years.
Hong Kong was previously a British colony, so the mother country of Hong Kong is the United Kingdom. In 1997, Hong Kong was handed back to China under the "one country, two systems" arrangement.
Hong Kong is a 'special administrative area' of the Peoples Republic of China. Hong Kong was formerly a British colony until 1997.
The British colonised Hong Kong in 1897 after a treaty has been signed with the Chinese after the Opium War that Hong Kong is to be a colony for 100 years and is to be given back to China in 1997.
Lantau Island can be found in Hong Kong. It is the largest of the islands that make up Hong Kong. For a long time Hong Kong was a British colony but it is now under the control of the Chinese.