Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t1.56

v2.c13.s3.t1.56

There has been a significant connection between Hong Kong and India since the development of the former as a major port city under British control from the middle of the 19ᵗʰ century. This was due to the fact that hundreds of Indians had already been coming by sea to trade on the China coast from the later 18ᵗʰ century and used to visit Canton (Guangzhou) and Macau regularly. When Hong Kong was formally established as a British colony after the First Opium