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Is Hong Kong physically attached to mainland China?
Hong Kong and its 260 territorial islands and peninsulas are located at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta. The area of Hong Kong is distinct from Mainland China, but is considered part of “Greater China”. Hong Kong Island is separated from Kowloon by Victoria Harbour, a natural landform harbour.
Is Hong Kong attached to China?
Both share the President of China as their chief of state. However, each has its own head of government: The premier is the head of mainland China, while the chief executive is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The chief executive is accountable to the Central People’s Government.
Why doesn’t China’s GDP include Hong Kong in its GDP?
Because at statistics level, Chinese GDP only includes Chinese Mainland (i.e. excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, even though Beijing claims all three territories belong to China). At later stage, that depends on how Hong Kong “break free” of China.
What is the population of Macau compared to Hong Kong?
However, Macau’s population of just 623,000 is also just a fraction of Hong Kong’s 7.4 million. Why is Macau more pro-China? Last year, China opened a bridge connecting Zhuhai on the mainland to Hong Kong and Macau.
What is the relationship between Hong Kong and China?
The relationship between Hong Kong and China is what is at the root of the current protests in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is also a group of islands, but it is very close to China, as it is just off the Chinese mainland, and it’s a much smaller territory than Taiwan.
Is Macau more dependent than Hong Kong on China’s good graces?
, but Ho, the new chief executive, has touted Macau’s participation in the Greater Bay Area project as one concrete way of keeping the economy healthy. Thus, it would seem that Macau is more dependent than Hong Kong on staying within China’s good graces to ensure its economic success.