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Hong Kong was a British crown colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II.
Flag of Hong Kong under British rule Flag of Hong Kong under current Chinese rule. Hong Kong portal; History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s) British nationality law and Hong Kong; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854) Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782 and 1854–1966) Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs ...
Hong Kong athletes and teams compete under the Hong Kong SAR flag instead of the British flag of Hong Kong, and gold medallists were honoured with the Chinese national anthem, instead of the British national anthem. [126] The Court of Final Appeal replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the highest court of appeal. [127]
Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, when it was occupied by British forces during the first Opium War. ... “I knew this was an extraordinary moment, a new chapter in the history of ...
History of Hong Kong; Timeline; Prehistoric Imperial (221 BC – 1800s) Bao'an County and Xin'an County British Hong Kong (1841–1941, 1945–1997)
Streets of Hong Kong, 1865 Beaconsfield Arcade, Hong Kong, c.1890. The building on the left is the HSBC building (second design) China was the main supplier of its native tea to the British, whose annual domestic consumption reached 30,050,000 pounds (13,600,000 kg) in 1830, an average of 1.04 pounds (0.47 kg) per head of population.
Hong Kong returned to British control in 1945. [7] [8] In the immediate post-war period, the Nationalist government continued this dialogue with the British about the future of Hong Kong, which included discussions of a full retrocession and proposals of turning the colony into an international city.
Hong Kong is preparing to introduce new middle school textbooks that will deny the Chinese territory was ever a British colony.