The name of Hong Kong in Mandarin Chinese is Xiang Gang, which means “Fragrant Harbour”. Hong Kong was a British Crown Colony for most of its existence. Talk of democracy was not encouraged. The colony was dominated by the hongs, trading companies such as Swire and Jardine Matheson. Jardine’s emblem is a Scottish thistle. Swire controls Hong Kong’s de facto flag carrier airline, Cathay Pacific. The pilots are often Australians and, in the old days, th…
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