Is Hong Kong a country?

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== Answer == No. It is a special state, you could say. The professional name is Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) Hong Kong is a Dependency which comes under Chinese jurisdiction. The old administrative capital of Hong Kong was Victoria which has now been renamed Central.


== Answer == It is not an independent country. After the Opium Wars, Great Britain won a 99 year lease on the port. As such it was run by the British independantly of China. Now the lease is ended and China controls it again.
Hong Kong is a Dependency which comes under Chinese jurisdiction. The old administrative capital of Hong Kong was Victoria which has now been renamed Central.


Hong Kong used to be a country but now it's not. Hong Kong is now a large city in China.
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