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hong (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng; Jyutping: hong4-2) was a type of
Chinese merchant establishment and its ****ociated type of building.
Hongs arose in Guangzhou...
- the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a
hong merchant in the
Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo
hong and
leader of the
Canton Cohong. He was once...
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China Merchants Port
Holdings Company Limited (SEHK: 144) is a
major conglomerate based in
Hong Kong and is
involved in a
range of
businesses such as...
- emperors. From the late
seventeenth century onwards,
Chinese merchants,
known as
Hongs (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng),
managed all
trade in the port. Operating...
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James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝,
Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 – unknown) was a
British merchant and
diplomat emplo**** by the East
India Company and
noted for his...
- full of
porcelain dealers, it came to be
known as
China Street. The
Hong merchants included Howqua (Wu Bingjian), Puankhequa, Mowqua, Goqua, Fatqua, Kingqua...
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Jorge Álvares, who
arrived in 1513.
Portuguese merchants established a
trading post
called Tamão in
Hong Kong
waters and
began regular trade with southern...
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China Merchants Group Limited (Chinese: 招商局集团; pinyin:
Zhaoshangju Jituan) is a state-owned
enterprise (SOE) of the People's
Republic of China. The company...
- names:
authors list (link) Cheong, W.E. (1997). The
Hong merchants of Canton:
Chinese merchants in Sino-Western trade. Routledge. ISBN 0700703616. p...
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Hong Kong was
under British rule from 1841 to 1997,
except for a
brief period of ****anese
occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown...