- A
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...
- emperors. From the late
seventeenth century onwards,
Chinese merchants,
known as
Hongs (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng),
managed all
trade in the port. Operating...
-
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...
-
Jorge Álvares, who
arrived in 1513.
Portuguese merchants established a
trading post
called Tamão in
Hong Kong
waters and
began regular trade with southern...
-
James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝,
Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 — unknown) was an 18th-century
British merchant and
diplomat emplo**** by the East
India Company and...
-
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...
- full of
porcelain dealers, it came to be
known as
China Street. The
Hong merchants included Howqua (Wu Bingjian), Puankhequa, Mowqua, Goqua, Fatqua, Kingqua...
-
British occupation of
Hong Kong
Island under the
Convention of
Chuenpi in 1841 of the
Victorian era and
ended with the
handover of
Hong Kong in July 1997...
- parti****ted in
smuggling basic goods and
traded with ****anese
merchants.
Founded in 1941, the
Hong Leong Group was
originally a
trading company that supplied...
