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Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory south to Mainland China and east to Macao in East Asia. With around 7.2 million Hong Kongers of various nationalities in a territory of 1,104 km, Hong Kong is the world's fourth most densely populated country or territory.

Hong Kong used to be a British colony with the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island from the Qing Empire after the First Opium War (18391842). The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and acquired a 99-year lease of the New Territories from 1898. Hong Kong was later occupied by Japan during the Second World War until British control resumed in 1945. The Sino-British Joint Declaration signed between the United Kingdom and China in 1984 paved way for the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, when it became a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China with a high degree of autonomy.

Under the principle of "one country, two systems", Hong Kong maintains a separate political and economic system from China. Except in military defence and foreign affairs, Hong Kong maintains its independent executive, legislative and judiciary powers. In addition, Hong Kong develops relations directly with foreign states and international organisations in a broad range of "appropriate fields". Hong Kong involves in international organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Trade Organization (WOR), actively and independently.

1. What is this article about?
2. What is that?
3. What country is it closely tied to?
4. Where is Hong Kong located?
5. What other country is it east of?
6. How many people live there?
7. In what size area?
8. With so many people how is Hong Kong ranked in populated areas?
9. What does it share with China?
10. What does it have separate?
11. Does it share executive powers?
12. Is Hong Kong involved in any international groups?
13. Can you name one?
14. What does that stand for?
15. Can you name another?
16. Are they involved with China in these groups?
17. What was Hong Kong before it was a country?
18. For what country?
19. Did it ever grow?
20. When?

Numbered answers:
1. Hong Kong
2. country
3. China
4. south to Mainland China
5. Macao
6. 7.2 million
7. 1,104 km
8. fourth most densely populated
9. military defence
10. political and economic system
11. no
12. yes
13. APEC
14. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
15. World Trade Organization
16. no
17. colony
18. Britian
19. yes
20. 1860