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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hong Kong's history during Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties is virtually unknown owing to the lack of records and archaeological findings.
		Hong Kong Island was occupied by Captain Charles Eliot, Royal Navy, on January 20, 1841.
		In a letter to the chairman of the UN Committee on Decolonization in March 1972, Huang Hua, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations wrote that 'Hong Kong and Macau are parts of the Chinese territory occupied by the British and Portuguese authorities.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_hong_kong.html (2325 words)

	Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a timeline of the History of China:
		For a summary table of the Dynasties in Chinese history and their dates, see Dynasties in Chinese history.
		Margaret Thatcher in China, signs Sino-British Joint Declaration, to handover of Hong Kong to the PRC in 1997
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history (417 words)

	History of Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hong Kong's history during Three Kingdoms Southern and Northern Dynasties is less known owing to the of records and archaeological findings.
		Subsequently Hong Kong was ceded to Britain 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking at which point in time the became a Crown Colony.
		The development of Hong Kong was disturbed the Japanese rule during World War II The British Canadians Indians and the Hong Volunteer Defense Forces resisited the Japanese invasion by Sakai Takashi since December 8 1941 the day after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.freeglossary.com /History_of_Hong_Kong (2758 words)

	History of Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Prior to the arrival of the British, Hong Kong was a small fishing community and a haven for travellers and pirates in the South China Sea.
		Hong Kong has historically served as a refuge for exiles beginning with the Taiping rebellion in 1850, when many felt the unsettled conditions on the mainland.
		During the teens and twenties of this century, Hong Kong served as a refuge for exiles from China following the establishment of the Chinese Republic in 1912.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~cngai/history.htm (426 words)

	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
		Hong Kong, China at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Hong Kong and Far East Masonic Benevolence Fund
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg (358 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Timeline: Hong Kong
		The tiny island of Hong Kong is a fishing community under China's rule, but lightly populated and largely ignored by China's leaders.
		Hong Kong authorities deport foreigners in the spiritual movement Falun Gong, who are preparing to join protests against Chinese president, Jiang, during a visit to Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong's chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, secures a second five-year term in office without facing an election challenge or getting a single vote from the public.
	www.guardian.co.uk /china/story/0,7369,747459,00.html (1167 words)

	Canadian Troops in the Battle of Hong Kong - Timeline Dec. 1941 - CANADIAN HISTORY - MILITARY NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On this day in history, Dec. 8, 1941, the first Canadian units to fight in World War II got their first taste of battle, as Japanese forces launched the invasion of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong.
		HONG KONG (CP) - It was a long way for high school students to travel for a remembrance ceremony, but when they finally saw the meaning of a year's work, the trek from Canada to Hong Kong was worth more than they imagined.
		As a Canadian citizen born in Hong Kong - and an infant in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion - Poy quickly took an interest in the effort to commemorate the veterans.
	northernblue.ca /mblog/index.php?/archives/243-Canadian-Troops-in-the-Battle-of-Hong-Kong-Timeline-Dec.-1941.html (1936 words)

	Timeline Hong Kong
		The treaty of Nanking ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain in perpetuity.
		China pledged to grant Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy and permit it to retain its capitalist system for 50 years.
		Hong Kong's yearly emissions for sulfur dioxide was 80,000 tons.
	timelines.ws /countries/HONG_KONG.HTML (4721 words)

	Hong Kong
		Hong Kong consists of the island of Hong Kong (32 sq mi; 83 sq km), Stonecutters' Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and the New Territories on the adjoining mainland.
		The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1841.
		Hong Kong: History - History The region of Hong Kong, which had long been barren, rocky, and sparsely settled—its...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108114.html (426 words)

	CNN.com - Hong Kong 'free of SARS' - Jun. 23, 2003
		With Monday's SARS-free declaration school children across Hong Kong symbolically tossed away the face masks they had been required to wear as officials marked what they hoped would be the last chapter in the epidemic's grim history.
		Monday's announcement came as welcome news for Hong Kong's nearly seven million residents who had seen their city become of the main global epicenters for the virus along with mainland China.
		"Hong Kong, with its dense population and fluid border with China, had one of the hardest outbreaks to control," Dr. David Heymann, WHO chief of communicable diseases said in a statement.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/23/sars (728 words)

	Avian Flu : Web focus : Nature
		Hong Kong flu pandemic kills 700,000 people, due to the H3N2 virus.
		Bird flu virus H5N1 is isolated for the first time from a human patient in Hong Kong.
		Within three days, Hong Kong's entire chicken population is slaughtered to prevent further outbreak.
	www.nature.com /nature/focus/avianflu/timeline.html (2471 words)

	Learn about Hong Kong history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although Hong Kong today is widely seen as the modern business hub of Asia, archeological excavations suggest that humans have populated the area for over five millennia.
		So much, in fact, that Hong Kong became a major center for British trade with southern China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Despite that agreement having already taken place, Hong Kong will still get to enjoy a high degree of economic and social autonomy by circulating its own currency and operating its own legal system until China decides whether it will exercise more control in 2047.
	www.internationalcircuit.com /hong-kong/history.php (239 words)

	Timeline
		A foreign language school in Seoul (from Han Woo-Keun, The History of Korea).
		A history of Korean YMCA in Japan (1906).
		King Kojong sends a secret delegation to the Second Hague Peace Conference in the Netherlands (1907), in an attempt to publicize the plight of Korea and to seek international assistance.
	www.gkn-la.net /master_timeline.htm (4022 words)

	Hong Kong
		The Colours of the 1st Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment arrive in Hong Kong from H.M.S. In January 1988 the ‘Farmersboys’ following in the footsteps of their parent Regiment's commenced a two and half year posting in the Far East as part of the Hong Kong Garrison.
		The Battalion arrived in Hong Kong in a blaze of Publicity and were welcomed officially by a small parade at which the colours were ceremonially brought ashore to the headquarters British forces Hong Kong at H.M.S. TAMAR from the Hong Kong patrol craft swift.
		Service in Hong Kong revolved about operations to secure the Sino Hong Kong border to the north of the new territories, training and planning to assist the Royal Hong Kong police with internal security tasks in thee event of civil unrest within Hong Kong.
	history.farmersboys.com /Postings/Hong_Kong/hongkong.htm (387 words)

	Kennedy, Graham
		He was the king of comedy, the recognised successor to Australia's previous comic king and lord of misrule, Roy Rene (Mo), whose stage had been vaudeville and radio from the 1920s to the late 1940s.
		When Queen Elizabeth was shown in a news item visiting Hong Kong in 1989, Kennedy remarked that for a woman her age she didn't have bad breasts, a purposely outrageously sexist comment, directed at a figure traditionally revered by Anglo-Australians.
		Kennedy belongs not only to cultural history in Australia; his quickness of wit in verbal play, double-entendre, sexual suggestion, inverted meanings, and festive abuse joins him to a long line of great comedians thrown up by popular culture across the world.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/K/htmlK/kennedygrah/kennedygrah.htm (1269 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Timeline: China
		Hong Kong is wealthier and freer than much of the mainland
		2003 March-April - China and Hong Kong are hit by the pneumonia-like Sars virus, thought to have originated in Guangdong province in November 2002.
		2003 June - Hong Kong is declared free of Sars.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1288392.stm (1339 words)

	Informed Comment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		And the initial reaction of the PM should be seen in the light that the publication was followed by some rather unusual rude claims from 13 embassadors of muslim countries to punish the newspaper.
		History teaches us that it is not by such means that the wounds existing in the lives of peoples can be healed.
		It must be said at once, however, that responsibility for offensive behaviour committed by an individual or a press organ cannot be charged to the public institutions of the country concerned, whose Authorities can and must, if necessary, intervene in accordance with the principles of their national legislation.
	www.juancole.com /2006/02/fact-file-on-reaction-to-danish.html (5027 words)

	Blogging... Walk The Talk: The History of the Telephone in Hong Kong
		Analysts have been saying that there will be a period of buyouts and consolidations in the Hong Kong mobile industry for almost as long as American Presidents have been trying to get Castro out of Cuba.
		The HKTC in 1925 received, in the grand old style of Hong Kong monopolies, the right to run a system here in Hong Kong for 50 years starting July 1st (does that sound familiar to Basic Law readers?).
		In 1938, on the eve of war, C&W which had been responsible for Hong Kong's external telecom links agreed to work together with HKTC to form a telecom company that would be responsible for the national network.
	www.blogthetalk.com /2005/06/history-of-telephone-in-hong-kong.html (773 words)

	Tobacco History Links
		Smoking and its Enemies: A Short History of 500 Years of the Use and Prohibition of Tobacco Fine, detailed history from FOREST.
		Tobacco History Fairly brief, but some great graphics; more of an exhibit.
		History of Tobacco With a Canadian emphasis--from Imperial Tobacco Canada.
	www.tobacco.org /History/history.html (1654 words)

	History Timeline for China
		Chinese history can appear to the layman as an uninterrupted series of dynasties, periods, invasions and reunifications, all mostly indistinguishable from one another.
		It can be useful to turn to the portrayal of Chinese history in contemporary literature and film to provide a more narrative perspective than a list of dates and dynasties.
		In the category of works that are perhaps better appreciated by being placed in a historical context (rather than being noted for historical accuracy) are many period pieces of Chinese and Hong Kong cinema, most of which are excuses to watch martial arts virtuosos at work.
	www.photo.net /china/timeline (2767 words)

	Hong Kong: Suggested Websites
		Be sure to check the "Post Cards from Kids" in Hong Kong with their ideas for a TIME cover.
		The Hong Kong 1997 Web Site may be viewed in both Chinese and English.
		Iowa State's Hong Kong in Transition has the latest news on Hong Kong (fears of transfer, pro-democracy, illegal immigrants, etc.) and links to other sites.
	ali.apple.com /edres/ccenter/hk/websites.shtml (449 words)

	The History Place - Timeline of Pacific War
		Japanese invade the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
		Japan suffers its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea - the first time in history that two opposing carrier forces fought only using aircraft without the opposing ships ever sighting each other.
		Timeline of World War II in Europe
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm (2042 words)

	Asian American Heritage
		Hong Kong was an exciting city where we encountered many different ethnic groups and crowded streets.
		We stayed in Hong Kong for two days and one night.
		To learn more, go to this timeline of Hong Kong history.
	teacher.scholastic.com /activities/asian-american/angel_island/chapter4.htm (228 words)

	About Hong Kong - Main Page
		Located on the southeast coast of China, Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, with a total area of 1,092 sq km.
		Chinese territory since ancient times, Hong Kong had been occupied by Britain after the Opium War in 1840.
		The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the PRC was formally established and the Basic Law of the HKSAR was adopted in April 1990.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/hong-kong/hong_kong.htm (201 words)

	Timeline
		(1842) Hong Kong Island ceded by China under Treaty of Nanking.
		(1945) Hong Kong liberated from Japanese; Population 610,000.
		(1991) The United Democrats of Hong Kong win a landslide victory in the partical elections of Legislative Council members in Hong Kong.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~amduckwo/janice/Timeline1.html (625 words)

	Mardi Gras History & Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		African Slaves were highly valued at this time in New Orleans history, as were the free men of color for their considerable trade skills.
		After 100 years of faithful service to the Carnival Tradition, and history, the mules and their handlers are retired from service, to be replaced with tractors.
		Although we are truly honored by all the "Timelines", that have sprung up since our page has appeared, we must ask that our website be given credit and a link back to our site, when you use the timeline, or information from it.
	www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/mardi_gras_history__timeline.htm (7242 words)

	Thailand's History
		Thailand (Siam) History as understood by a Farang.
		History books generally attribute the first iron age culture to the Hittites of ancient Turkey / Mesopotamia.
		Mai Hong Song is a long '2 day touring' roundtrip drive from Chiang Mai.
	www.csmngt.com /thailand_history.htm (7226 words)

	Hong Kong: Political & Social Issues
		Hong Kong Baptist University's "longitudinal, multimethod project analy[zing] the nature and direction of political development over the transition period of 1984-1997" and since 1997: publications; survey reports; media briefings
		Hong Kong: The Airport Core Programme and the Absence of Corruption
		Study commissioned by Hong Kong government from Harvard team, evaluating "the financing and organization of health care in Hong Kong...
	newton.uor.edu /Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/hk-pol.html (2874 words)

	History of Hong Kong
		Chinese history has been a long struggle to attain and regain political unity.
		History of China, information about art, culture and literary sources
		FEDI-TEC INC endeavor to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information but do not guarantee its accuracy or reliability and accept no liability (whether in tort or contract or otherwise) for any loss or damage arising from any inaccuracies or omission.
	www.nychinatown.com /history.htm (103 words)

	Company - history
		On 15th April, there were international protests to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the world's first store of the McDonald's Corporation, and to celebrate 10 years of co-ordinated international resistance to McDonald's.
		On 11th December (Day 199 of the trial), the McLibel Trial becomes the longest civil case in English history.
		Following widespread opposition by local residents, McDonald's were refused permission to open an outlet at their European headquarters in north London.
	www.mcspotlight.org /company/company_history.html (2904 words)

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