Hong Kong is first the arrival on the sea, in the middle of the Pacific Islands. Gradually she takes possession of the traveller, caught in the heart of the middle maelstrom, born of a city that never stops. Here, everything is possible. At first glance, Hong Kong is struck by its modernist aspect. Its buildings vie for ingenuity in their architecture, reflecting a future-oriented territory. Yet they have succeeded, for some, in not talent a beautiful natural environment, embracing in harmony with the mountains and the sea…Hong Kong is often compared to New York, but it is forgotten that this former British colony remains jealous of its traditions. This little lost rock in southern China owes its prosperity to the steady flow of immigrants from mainland China, victims of the vagaries of history. Behind this display of state-of-the-art, state-of-the-art shops, marble coloured, ever more imposing, more luxurious, and never seem to be désemplir, we find China, true, authentic. There is no need to go to the border to find it. You will take the pulse of Hong Kong in these dim sum restaurants where businessmen come to take their breakfast early in the morning. You repenserez Hong Kong through the Chinese medicine shops at the bois wood counters. Mysterious shops present the refined dishes of Chinese cuisine. Here you can discover "ready to use" snakes in drawers, shark fins or even the famous swallows nests.Hong Kong is often described as a cosmopolitan city, a point of meeting between the West and the Far East. This is partly true, but Hong Kong is, under a Western, deeply Asian veneer. Indeed, 96% of Hong Kong's population is Chinese and when one moves away from tourist centres, Cantonese is the only spoken language.The territory changes without changing. As the crossroads of the world, Hong Kong remains China while being unique, excessive, in its luxury, in its success, in its businesses. We are proud to show its social success. The passage of a Jaguar or a Rolls is synonymous with hope for ordinary people. Hong Kong fascinates, enchants, disturbs, alienating. Land of Yin and the Yang, mixing the future and the past, blessed with gods, it honours the beauty of the port of Victoria, with whom only Rio Bay could compete. Also wild beauty of the New Territories, still virgin in some places of man's mark. There can always be refuge, when the excessive ambient energy is fatigue.It is often seen as a anthill of very materialistic individuals. Only a long stay will bring this idea into question; it is also a pity to reduce a country to this single image. Know how to love it, you won't succeed. The natural beauty of the territory is combined with that of its town planning, while offering one of the best services in the world. Hong Kong is also a territory that has experienced a different trajectory from mainland China. Another China somehow. The prodémocratie demonstrations of July 2014 are the most recent manifestation and the benchmarks in Hong Kong are closer to our western vision of society. In short, if mainland China intimidating you, then start by Hong Kong, sort of China for beginners.

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