Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Hong Kong's achievements since its return to
China
Honk Kong Island became a British empire’s
territory in 1841 during the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon
Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and a 99-year lease was signed in
1898. The treaty was respected by succeeding governments, the United Kingdom
and the People’s Republic of China and the former British territory was
returned to China in 1997, known as the handover of Hong Kong, and became a
special administrative region, or SAR. It was agreed to allow the highest
degree of autonomy for 50 years and Hong Kong maintains governing and economic
systems separate from those of mainland China, including governing, legislative
and legal systems, police forces, monetary systems, academic and educational
systems, and customs and immigration systems.
Recently though, you must have seen and heard
a lot about the massive and continuous protests in Hong Kong. But what kind of and
how much changes has Hong Kong experienced over the last 22 years since the
handover? There is always the other side of the story.
Enjoy checking some statistics that how the
mainland views the autonomous region.
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