Hong Kong under British rule

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British colony Crown colony dependent territory

Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
British Hong Kong 15
British colonial government of Hong Kong 2
Crown colony of Hong Kong 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
Crown colony ⓘ
dependent territory ⓘ
capital Hong Kong Island ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong (Victoria)

Victoria City ⓘ
coatOfArms coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997) ⓘ
commonLanguage Cantonese ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Hong Kong dollar ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
demographicFeature predominantly ethnic Chinese population ⓘ
economicRole international financial centre ⓘ
major Asian trading hub ⓘ
educationSystem British-style education system ⓘ
endEvent handover of Hong Kong ⓘ
endTime 1997-06-30 ⓘ
flag Blue Ensign ⓘ
surface form: Blue Ensign with Hong Kong badge
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
highestCourt High Court of Hong Kong ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Hong Kong
includesTerritory Hong Kong Island ⓘ
Kowloon ⓘ
surface form: Kowloon Peninsula

New Territories ⓘ
JapaneseOccupationEnd 1945 ⓘ
JapaneseOccupationStart 1941 ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
surface form: English common law
legislature Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
locatedIn Pearl River Delta ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
majorTreaty Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory ⓘ
Convention of Peking ⓘ
Hong Kong Joint Declaration 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Sino-British Joint Declaration

Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
notableIndustry finance ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
notablePolicy laissez-faire economic policy ⓘ
low taxation ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
policeForce Hong Kong Police Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Hong Kong Police Force
portType free port ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState Chris Patten ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Hong Kong
significantEvent Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ⓘ
startEvent Hong Kong under British rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British occupation of Hong Kong Island

Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
surface form: First Opium War
startTime 1841 ⓘ
successor Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
timeZone Hong Kong Time ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps → partOf → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
John Lee Ka-chiu → placeOfBirth → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region → replaced → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Hong Kong (British colonial administration)
Hong Kong under British rule → startEvent → Hong Kong under British rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British occupation of Hong Kong Island
Jackie Chan → placeOfBirth → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese → locatedIn → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
St. Stephen’s College massacre → country → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
HKVDC → allegiance → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colony of Hong Kong
HKVDC → historicalRegion → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
The Volunteers → governedBy → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Hong Kong (under British administration)
Ma Ying-jeou → birthPlace → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Wong Kar-wai → movedTo → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Bruce Lee → countryOfCitizenship → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
St. John’s Cathedral → foundedBy → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial government of Hong Kong
Former Legislative Council Building → formerCountry → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Donald Tsang → placeOfBirth → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Jardine House → formerCountry → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Young Plan for constitutional reform in Hong Kong → appliesTo → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Victoria City → partOf → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong
Victoria City → capitalOf → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong (colonial era)
Victoria City → establishedBy → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial government of Hong Kong
Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory → category → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of Hong Kong
coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997) → usedBy → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Hong Kong (under British rule)
coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997) → territorialEntity → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colony of Hong Kong
Middleside → governedDuring → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hong Kong administration