Gateway to Asia and known as Tiger of Asia

Rumors of Hong Kong's demise have been greatly exaggerated. A decade after its handover from Britain to China, this entrepreneurial, irrepressible and singular trading city is booming again.

After plagues real, financial and political, normal service has resumed. This tiny territory is punching well above its size and weight once more, only these days with a self-confidence it never had under its former masters. Hong Kong has never been busier. Nor has it ever felt as comfortable with its status, as a part once again of its original motherland but separate, too, largely governing its own affairs and much better off for it. Almost 6.9 million people call a territory of 1100 sq km home, squeezing onto only 11% of the available land space. A flood of mainland and international visitors, meanwhile, crowds in to see what all the fuss is about.