From 1841 to 1997, except for a brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II between 1941 and 1945, Hong Kong was a British crown colony and, from 1981 until its handover, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom.

Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1841, except for four years of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. After the First Opium War, its territory was expanded in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and in 1898, when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories.

Hong Kong–United Kingdom relations are the international relations between the post-colonial Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1941 and again from 1945 to 1997 when sovereignty was handed over to China.

Every year, on 1 July, Hong Kong marks the day where it was returned from British to Chinese control. This year, the city will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the British handover - at a...

2020年6月4日 · Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1941 and again from 1945 to 1997. In 1839 in the First Opium War, Britain invaded China and one its first acts was to occupy Hong Kong. What is a...

1 天前 · The UK operations (the bulk of which the Asian entity added in 1992 when it bought Midland Bank and transferred its global headquarters to London from Hong Kong) may have been somewhat moaty ...

2020年6月9日 · Britain invaded the Chinese mainland and occupied the island of Hong Kong on Jan. 25, 1841, using it as a military staging point. China lost the war and had to cede Hong Kong to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking. As a result, Hong Kong became a …

We develop and maintain the important and longstanding relationship between the UK and Hong Kong. We deal with a wide range of political, commercial and economic questions of interest to the...

2023年5月9日 · HONG KONG (AP) — The first British minister visiting Hong Kong in five years said his country will not “duck” its historic responsibilities to people living in its former colony while engaging with China in areas they share common interests.

2025年2月11日 · Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997 when it returned to Chinese rule following the Joint Declaration agreement. The Declaration promoted Hong Kong as being “one country, two systems”, under which it would enjoy a “high degree of autonomy”. In 2020, China introduced the Hong Kong National Security Law following protests in 2019.

Handover of Hong Kong, transfer of the British crown colony of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, ending 156 years of British rule. After a formal handover ceremony on July 1, 1997, the colony became the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China.

2020年7月1日 · Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said. The PM said Hong Kong's freedoms...

2022年6月28日 · One of their most popular destinations? The UK. The UK has for decades given those with a British National Overseas (BNO) status - created as a way of allowing …

2024年5月28日 · Relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and Hong Kong have become more complicated and contested following a number of recent developments. Even so, bilateral investment and trade continues to surge.

2024年11月14日 · A British minister is in Hong Kong to meet government officials and the UK business community, in a sign the country’s new administration is moving to revitalise bilateral relations after a...

Hong Kong is the world's third-ranked global financial centre (behind New York City and London), ninth-largest exporter, and eighth-largest importer. Its currency, the Hong Kong dollar, is the ninth most traded currency in the world.

2024年7月17日 · This briefing is intended to serve as a policy roadmap on salient human rights issues within the Hong Kong-UK bilateral relationship, providing context on the political situation in Hong Kong, previous human rights advocacy by Hong Kong Watch, and an overview of how the UK Parliament and government have responded to key developments in Hong ...

2022年6月28日 · One of their most popular destinations? The UK. The UK has for decades given those with a British National Overseas (BNO) status - created as a way of allowing Hongkongers to retain a link with...

6 天之前 · Hong Kong national security police have taken in two relatives of pro-democracy activist Carmen Lau, a former district councillor now based in the United Kingdom, for questioning. Lau is among six ...

1 天前 · Blair McDougall MP, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong, said: ‘These are British customers of a British bank who are being ...

2025年1月7日 · The former British colony became a special administrative region of China in 1997, when Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories, north of Hong Kong island, expired. Hong Kong...

Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom (also known as Hong Kong Britons) are people from Hong Kong who are residing in the United Kingdom or British nationals of Hong Kong origin or descent. The 2021 United Kingdom census recorded a total population of …

2025年2月12日 · The UK stepped up private discussions to deepen financial services ties with Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said, even as democracy advocates were being jailed there last year.

(Wednesday 22 November) Most BN(O) Hong Kongers feel welcomed in Britain and 99% plan to stay permanently – but more support is needed for their skills and experience to fully benefit the UK economy, according to the most authoritative study to date of …

3 天之前 · Item 1 of 2 Sebastien Lei, the son of Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai holds a pin with a portrait of his father, ahead of the 17th Geneva Summit for human rights and democracy in Geneva ...

2021年1月19日 · The UK will introduce a new visa at the end of January that will give 5.4 million Hong Kong residents - a staggering 70% of the territory's population - the right to come and live in the...

2 天之前 · Hong Kong's financial secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday said the city's regulators have issued nine digital asset platform licences and has more approvals in the pipeline. Chan, speaking at Coindesk's Consensus Hong Kong 2025 conference, said Hong Kong's government was also working to advance the regulation of stable coins.