Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is one of the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. The territory, comprising over 260 islands, is commonly known as Hong Kong, but was often written Hongkong in older English texts. The Hong Kong Government officially changed the name of Hongkong to Hong Kong on September 3, 1926. In Chinese, it means "The Fragrant Harbor," and it has also been called "The Pearl of the Orient" and "The Gateway to the East."

Hong Kong is situated on the eastern banks of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, facing the South China Sea in the south and bordering Guangdong Province in the north. Boasting the world's most liberal economy and being a global centre of finance and trade, Hong Kong is China's richest region in terms of GDP per capita and gross metropolitan product figures.

Hong Kong was a British colony from 1842 until the People's Republic of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty in 1997. It is governed as a special administrative region under the Basic Law of Hong Kong, the territory's constitution. Under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law, Hong Kong will retain a relatively high degree of autonomy until at least 2047, fifty years after the transfer of sovereignty. Under China's One Country, Two Systems policy, Hong Kong maintains its own legal system, currency, customs policy, cultural delegation, international sport teams, and immigration laws while the PRC represents the territory in diplomatic and military affairs.

For a full description of the real-world city, see the article at Wikipedia.

In TV Superheroes

Hong Kong is the area of operation of Black Rose and Poison Ivy.

NSA agent Kyle Duarte and Chinese double agent Mei Ling Wong had a relationship in Hong Kong in the late 1990s and early 2000s.