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News Encyclopedia: British colonisation set the border of today's Hong Kong

Deed of lease of Kowloon, 1860

Deed of lease of Kowloon, 1860 Source: Public Records Office, Government Records Service, HKSAR Government

It is almost 20 years since the British Government handed over Hong Kong back to the Chinese Communist Party. Winmas Yu covers this topic in the coming four episodes of "News Encyclopedia", piloting with the historical context of how British colonisation set the border of Hong Kong.



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