How to get a Hong Kong visa from Mali

The colony of Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and for official purposes is a part of China. But, for all intents and purposes, it is allowed to operate as an independent country.

Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after Qing China ceded Hong Kong Island at the end of the First Opium War in 1842. The entire territory was transferred to China in 1997. As a special administrative region, Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China.

Hong Kong is governed under the principle of "one country, two systems", under which China has agreed to give the region a high degree of autonomy and to preserve its economic and social systems for 50 years from the date of the handover.

Located in the continent of Asia, Hong Kong covers 1,054 square kilometres of land and 50 square kilometres of water, making it the 188th largest nation in the world with a total area of 1,104 square kilometres.

Hong Kong was famous for incense, ergo its name incense harbour and currently famous for its skyline which is breathtaking from a multitude of angles.