Seven places have an extraordinary historical

Special Administrative & Autonomous Region

China Special Region	Hong Kong 香港特別行政區	Macau 澳門特別行政區	Tibet 西藏自治區	Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治區	Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區	Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治區	Guangxi 廣西壮族自治區
Capital	NA	NA	Lhasa 拉薩市	Ürümqi Wushi or Tihwa 烏魯木齊市	Yinchuan 银川市	Hohhot 呼和浩特市	Nanning 南寧市
Feature	Special Administrative Region	Special Administrative Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region
Background	The colony remained under United Kingdom control until 1997	The colony remained under Portuguese control since 1557 until 1999	Since 1368 The Chinese Ming dynasty	The earliest known settlement in the area can be dated to the 7th century CE	Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was separated from Gansu in 1958	Before the rise of the Mongols in the 13th century, what is now central and western Inner Mongolia	In 214 BC, the Han Chinese general Zhao Tuo (Vietnamese:) claimed most of southern China for Qin Shi Huang before the emperor's death.
Law	Basic Law One country, two systems	Basic  Law One country, two systems	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.
Economic	Exchange Stock market & Financing Service; Land Property; Import & Export Trading Service; Tourism	Major on casino gaming and tourism.	Tourism	Tourism	Agriculture	Agriculture	Agriculture; Tourism; Economic and Technological
Currency	HKD	MOP	RMB	RMB	RMB	RMB	RMB
Language	Cantonese; English	Cantonese; Portuguese	Tibetic	Turkic	Mandarin	Mandarin; Mongolian	Mandarin; Cantonese
GDP	Estimate US$484 billion (2018)	Estimate $78.1 billion (2018)	Estimate US$19 billion (2017)	Estimate US$40.65 billion (2017)	Estimate US$ 51.16 billion (2017)	Estimate US$ 238.50 billion (2017)	Estimate US$302.09 billion (2017)
Population	7.4 M	0.65M	3.18M	3.55M	6.62M	24.70M	48.38M
Area	1,104km2	115.3 km2	1,228,400 km2	14,577 km2	66,399.73 km2	1,183,000 km2	236,700 km2
Well Known	The region is first known to have been occupied by humans during the Neolithic period, about 6,000 years ago. World's top listed - most densely populated region	World know ‘Oriental Las Vegas’ World's top listed - most densely populated region	Tibet after the Mongol conquest of Tibet andYuan administrative rule in the 13th and 14th centuries.	A major hub on the Silk Road during China'sTang dynasty, and developed its reputation as a leading cultural and commercial center during the Qing dynasty in the 19th century.	By the 11th century, the Tangut people had established the Western Xia Dynasty on the outskirts of the then-Song dynasty.	Much of what is known about the history of Greater Mongolia, including Inner Mongolia, is known through Chinese chronicles and historians.	The name "Guangxi" can be traced to the "Expansive" or "Wide" province Guangzhou 廣州 of the Eastern Wu, who controlled southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms period. Guilin formed one of its commanderies.

Two Special Administrative Region in China

Hong Kong 香港 - Special administrative region

Macau 澳門 - Special administrative region

Five Autonomous Region in China

Tibet 西藏自治區 - Autonomous Region

Xinjiang 新疆维吾爾自治區 - Autonomous Region

Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區 - Autonomous Region

Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治區 - Autonomous Region

Guangxi 廣西壯族自治區 - Autonomous Region

A Railway had ever occupied by war forces

The history of a railway had ever occupied by war forces and now become 350km high-speed rail!

The Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation, the idea of constructing a railway between Hong Kong and Mainland China was first put forward as early as 1864 by a British railway engineer, Macdonald Stephenson, who had played an important role in the initial development of railways in India. Unfortunately, he found little support from either the Imperial Chinese Government in Peking or most of the prominent businessmen in Hong Kong, and the idea was not given further serious consideration for about the next 30 years. 

In December 2007, the Corporation granted a 50-year service concession to the MTR Corporation Limited to operate its railway lines... 

 another post about MTR urban railway

Historical Images

 

1898

A concession was granted to the British and Chinese Corporation to build a railway between Canton and Hong Kong.

 1912 Lane designed map

1912 Sha Tau Kok Lane open

12 Dec 1941-45 war forces

1978 

The Clock Tower & Old Kowloon Railway Station at Tsim Sha Tsui 

Hong Kong Government Year Book

Fanling Station Platform

2019 New Open 'High-Speed Rail'

The 2nd Direct Lane from Kowloon to China Mainland

It's truly high speed
200km/h in the Hong Kong Section and up to 350km/h in the Mainland Section....the railway system is connecting Hong Kong with 44 Mainland stations without interchange... Awesome!

'High-Speed Rail' - check fare & schedule to plan your trips

Plan the Holiday Valuable!

The holiday is precious!

Vacation in one to two times is very common to the peoples. BUT it is very important to us.  

Where we go? What we plan? 

Yes, there is a lot of consideration when we plan to.

'Tai O' Lantau Island Hong Kong - Discover Hong kong


We always get compliant from... 👴 👵 👱 👳 👶 ...

Family travel, it goes difficult and more consideration than for a couple when we plan to.

Family's member are always including babies, small children, teens, adult & elderly. 

Where the place?
What activity?
Traffic convenient?
Resort or Hotel?
Shopping mall?
Food reservation?

So headaches!😰

Make Travel 'Special'

The Tai O Heritage Hotel

Preserving the Past...Architecture...Join guided tours...

The Tai O Heritage Hotel, a colonial-style parlour, represents the vintage architectural charm of the late 19th century not commonly seen elsewhere… Preserving the original beauty of the historical Old Tai O Police Station...

The Tai O Heritage Hotel wiki

Try to have a Valuable Travel

Most of the peoples will study the travel book or friends referring to go.
If the country or the city is the first come to visit. Just follow the suggestions to go, the holiday seems obvious not valuable enough.

Inertia travellers will explore more and more...  

We have to learn as an inertia traveller! 
They will not only follow the travel book and friends what telling you. 
They will explore more to let more fun, more value, memories!

Enjoy an amazing journey!

New map here