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Map of various countries' presence in the Spratly Islands as of 2015. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea made by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam.
Lantau Tomorrow Vision ( Chinese: 明日大嶼願景 ), also known as the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands, is a postponed development project in Hong Kong proposed by two former Chief Executives of Hong Kong. Former Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed in her 2018 policy address the creation of a third core business district by constructing ...
The Paracel Islands are occupied by the People's Republic of China (PRC), and claimed by the PRC, the ROC (Taiwan), and Vietnam. Amphitrite Group. Crescent Group. Ungrouped. Rocky Island. Tree Island. West Sand. Woody Island. Duncan Island.
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 following is a list of the largest islands of Hong Kong, sorted by area (km 2): [1] Lantau Island 147.16; Hong Kong Island 78.52; Lamma Island 13.74; Chek Lap Kok – the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km 2 [needs update] Tsing Yi Island 10.69; Kau Sai Chau 6.70; Po Toi 3.69; Cheung Chau 2.44; Tung Lung Chau 2.42; Crooked Island (Kat O ...
Land reclamation (grey area) in Hong Kong. Note that most of the urban area (shown in pink in the map below) of Hong Kong is on the reclaimed land. The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996. [ 1]
World War II. 1939 – Japan invades the Paracel and Spratly islands and takes control of the South China Sea. Japanese military bases were set up on Woody and Pattle islands in the Paracels and Itu Aba in the Spratlys. Japan administered the Spratlys via Taiwan's jurisdiction and the Paracels via Hainan's jurisdiction.
Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), [2] as of 2023.