Hong Kong is a huge territory with many islands.
As you can see on the map, Hong Kong can be divided into four parts: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories and Remote Islands. Obviously, Hong Kong Island and the remote islands are made up of islands. The difficult task is to determine whether the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories are part of the mainland or part of the island.
The new territories are separated from Shenzhen (mainland China) by two rivers: the Sham Chun River and the Sha Tau Kok River. Thus, technically, Hong Kong is surrounded by natural water on all four sides, which makes it possible to call it an island territory.
Some believe that Hong Kong is an island territory consisting of one large river island (part including the Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories, two large sea islands (Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island and many nearby small sea islands/islands.
For the Chinese, Hong Kong is not an island territory. But it is not mainland China either)))
The area of Hong Kong Island is 79 square kilometers.
The total area of Hong Kong is 1104 square kilometers.
As you can see, the difference is more than 10 times.
A little historical background
The Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island to Great Britain in 1842 after its defeat in the First Opium War. After the Second Opium War, Great Britain gained Kowloon in 1860. After Japan’s defeat in the Korean War, many Western countries forced the Qing to cede territories at various times. It was at this time, in 1898, that Britain received New Territories (including remote islands) on a 99-year gratuitous lease.
The map shows how much larger they are compared to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. When 1997 came, the UK had to return most of Hong Kong. However, she had the right to keep Hong Kong Island and Kowloon for an indefinite period. Unfortunately, it was no longer possible. Over the past 99 years, Hong Kong has spread to new lands, and without them it could no longer exist. So England gave China everything.
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