British Hong Kong (hkg)

British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong ranks 144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chennai, Odessa, and Indianapolis. Memorable people born in British Hong Kong include Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Stephen Chow. Memorable people who died in British Hong Kong include Lin Yutang, Yuen Siu-tien, and Lo Wei. British Hong Kong has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. British Hong Kong is located in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a brief period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era, and ended with the handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in July 1997. Read more on Wikipedia