Here's what you need to know: Britain first took over Hong Kong island in 1842, after defeating China in the First Opium War. After the Second Opium War, Beijing was forced to also cede Kowloon in ...

Hong Kong begins rollout of ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ in school curriculum - Teaching new module on Chinese president’s ...

Diplomatic agreements are a part of the history of war, but lasting diplomacy only exists in the aftermath of a decisive ...

Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841, when China ceded the island to the British after the First Opium War - which had erupted over British traders smuggling opium into China. It remained a ...

they spied the granite island that would become Hong Kong on their way up the Pearl River estuary to Guangzhou. Then came the First Opium War in 1839: The Manchu empire ordered a halt to the ...

Shortly before midnight on June 30, 1997, a Chinese national flag replaced the Union Jack in Hong Kong, marking the end of British colonial rule. China celebrated with fireworks. Britain’s ...

John Reeves was posted as the British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macau. The Japanese had declared war on the ...

Hong Kong is a place of contrasts—geographically, socially and economically. Although many Asian cities claim to be where East meets West, the former British Crown colony is probably the closest ...

The CCP was formed in 1921, and the PRC came into being in 1949 after its civil war. It is still trying ... Having lived in Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as Europe, and having worked in Asia ...