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  2. Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong[ e ] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [ f ] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ...

  3. Love Lies (2024 film) - Wikipedia

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    Love Lies (Chinese: 我談的那場戀愛) is a 2024 Hong Kong romance film directed and co-written by Ho Miu Ki, marking her directorial debut. Starring Sandra Ng and MC Cheung Tin-fu, the film revolves around a melancholic romance that develops from an online scam, featuring a lonely doctor (Ng) who falls prey to a scammer (Cheung).

  4. Languages of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    When Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom, Mandarin Chinese (Chinese: 普通話, 現代標準漢語, 國語, 北方話) was not widely used in Hong Kong. Since the 1997 handover , the huge increase in inbound tourism from the mainland has led to much more widespread use of Mandarin, particularly in tourism-related commerce, though ...

  5. Two journalists found guilty of sedition in trial seen as ...

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    Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong were convicted of sedition Thursday, in a verdict that could have profound implications for press freedom in the Chinese territory.

  6. Alibaba to upgrade Hong Kong listing in a bid to attract ...

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    August 22, 2024 at 10:17 PM. (Reuters) -Shareholders of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba have approved a plan to upgrade its Hong Kong listing to primary status, the company said on Friday, a move ...

  7. 2024 Hong Kong trade office spy case - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, located in Westminster. On 13 May 2024, the Metropolitan Police of London, United Kingdom, announced three men (Bill Yuen, Peter Wai, and Matthew Trickett) had been charged with national security offences for assisting Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference, including spying on Nathan Law and other exiled activists of Hong Kong.

  8. Murder of Abby Choi - Wikipedia

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    Murder of Abby Choi. Abby Choi (Chinese: 蔡天鳳: 1994 [2][dubious – discuss] – c. 21 February 2023) was a Hong Kong [3] model, socialite, and influencer who was reported missing on 21 February 2023. On 24 February 2023, three days after she was reported missing, Choi was found murdered, with her headless body discovered at a village in ...

  9. COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. [ 2 ]