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# History of Hong Kong

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Agent 50: The Heroic Spy Who Saved Hundreds From Japanese Clutches in WWII

William "Bill" Gun Chong, BEM, (1911 - 2006) had himself quite an adventure during World War II. A Chinese-Canadian born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was visiting relatives in Hong Kong in…

By Khalid Elhassan · 10 min

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This Day In History: China Ceded Hong Kong To Britain (1843)

On this day in 1843, the Chinese Empire grants the island of Hong Kong to the British. The British demand…

Ed · 3 min