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The Nathu La and Cho La clashes, sometimes referred to as Indo-China War of 1967, Sino-Indian War of 1967, [ 9][ 10] were a series of border clashes between China and India alongside the border of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate . The Nathu La clashes started on 11 September 1967, when China's People's Liberation ...
The 1967 Hong Kong riots were large-scale anti-government riots that occurred in Hong Kong during British colonial rule. Beginning as a minor labour dispute, the demonstrations eventually escalated into protests against the colonial government. The protests were partially inspired by successful anti-colonial demonstrations in Portuguese Macau ...
Murder of Abby Choi. Abby Choi ( Chinese: 蔡天鳳: 1994 [ 2][dubious – discuss] – c. 21 February 2023) was a Hong Kong [ 3] model, socialite, and influencer who was reported missing on 21 February 2023. On 24 February 2023, three days after she was reported missing, Choi was found murdered, with her headless body discovered at a village ...
In the evening of 7 September 2023, a heavy rainstorm struck the city of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta area, including parts of Guangdong, China and Macau. The record rainfall caused widespread flooding and landslides in the cities, four dead and dozens injured. [ 4][ 5]
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...
British Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing ...
Cultural Revolution in China 1967: Hong Kong 1967 riots TVB a second terrestrial television station: 1968: Hong Kong flu: 1971: Murray MacLehose: 6-year free Primary education funded: Typhoon Rose: 1972: Small House Policy 1972 Hong Kong landslides: PRC request HK and Macau off United Nations list: 1974: Independent Commission Against ...
The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino–Indian border dispute. Fighting occurred along India's border with China, in India's North-East Frontier Agency east of Bhutan ...