HONG KONG

Vibrant, cosmopolitan and densely-populated, and known throughout the world as a global financial hub, Hong Kong first started showing up in historical records during the Ming Dynasty, around 1,500 years ago. Originally a group of sleepy fishing villages, it was ceded to the British by the Qing dynasty at the end of the First Opium War in 1842. Its strategic location on the Pearl River Delta and South China sea meant the “Fragrant Harbour” was occupied by the Japanese during the Pacific War, after which