"[M]ake everything from nothing. ... [T]he British colonial government turned Hong Kong into an economic miracle by doing nothing."
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British EmpireFormer colonies in AsiaHong KongForeign relations of the United KingdomHistory of China
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P. J. O'Rourke, Eat the Rich (1997), as quoted in "R.I.P. Hong Kong" (12 August 2020), by David Harsayani, National Review
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British Hong Kong
1959 ā 1997
British Hong Kong was a colony and dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a brief period under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was ceded by Qing dynasty in the aftermath of the war in 1842 and established as a [[w:Crown
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