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HONG KONG - MAY 22: 'Aztec Pattern' 2013 by Osang Gwon, represented by Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Seoul at Art Basel in Hong Kong, May 22, 2013 in Hong Kong.

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  • Discover Shanghai, China's free gems

    Many items from its extensive collections of porcelains, jades, paintings and bronzes were donated by families that fled to Hong Kong following the 1949 communist victory but have since reconciled with the mainland.To the northeast is the Urban Planning Exhibition   Read more »

  • Hong Kong transgender woman wins right to marry

    -- A transgender woman has won the right to marry her boyfriend in a watershed ruling from Hong Kong's top court.The Court of Final Appeal ruled on Monday in favor of the woman, identified only as W. One of the judges on the five-member panel dissented.The   Read more »

  • Giant rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong harbor

    a big splash in Hong Kong.Crowds watched the inflatable duck being pulled by tugboat across Victoria Harbor in front of Hong Kong's signature skyscraper skyline.Tourist Zhang Wenjin from Shanghai says it's a big surprise and her daughter liked it "because   Read more »

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About Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 [pronunciation]) 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 (Chinese: 香港), but was often written Hongkong in older English texts. The Hong Kong Government officially changed the name of Hongkong to Hong Kong on 3 September 1926. In Chinese, it means "The Fragrant Harbour," and it has also been called "The Pearl of the Orient," "The Gateway to the East."

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