Hong Kong is very interesting because its government is set up a little unusually. While Hong Kong is technically part of China is has its own system of government and its own officials and representatives. Hong Kong and China are one country but under two systems. This means that some of the issues in Chinese politics do not apply to Hong Kong. This includes issues like freedom of press, assembly, and speech, which have all been violated in mainland China. Hong Kong is made up of a main city and a series of other islands that can be accessed by a ferry system and by a series of bridges. While in Hong Kong I had a delicious meal of noodles and dumplings and I visited a flower market filled with hundreds of types of flowers that all smelled amazing. I also walked through a bird market that had tons of fascinating species. Most of the streets were crowded but it was a beautiful city and one night I went over a bridge to one of the islands and took a cable car ride up a mountain so I could see all of Hong Kong at night. It was so beautiful and all the buildings looked so modern compared with what I had seen in places like India and Ghana.
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