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Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula were ceded in perpetuity by the Qing Dynasty to the British Crown. It was only the New Territories that were leased,
by Reason077 8y ago
Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula were ceded in perpetuity by the Qing Dynasty to the British Crown. It was only the New Territories that were leased, for 99 years beginning in 1898.
However, it was agreed under the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 to return all of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty upon expiration of the New Territories lease on July 1, 1997.
- onetimemanytime 8y agowhat ifs...would have China eventually attacked Hong Kong, like Argentina did to Falklands Islands? NATO doesn't cover faraway islands...
- robjan 8y agoThe parts of Hong Kong that were owned, and not leased, have basically no infrastructure to support people's lives. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon are basicslly residential and commercial only - there is no agriculture and the majority of the water and electricity comes from China and the New Territories.