Hong Kong (fictional)

Hong Kong, officially the Republic of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港共和國), is a sovereign country and city-state on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world.

Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the surrender of Japan. The whole territory was given independence in 1997.

Trivia

 * Its official languages are English and Cantonese.
 * Hong Kong retains multiple British cultural aspects such as tea-drinking, cricket, and British orthography (e.g. colour instead of color, centre instead of center).
 * Its main television networks are RTHK, TVB, ATV and ViuTV.
 * Cathay Pacific is the country's flag carrier, founded in 1946 and based in Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport.