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Monthly Archives: September 2019
‘Ghost’ island off the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
On my most recent visit to Hong Kong I went on a boat trip off Lantau Island, and found something bizarre on the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge – a mysterious looking white building atop an artificial island in the middle of […]
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Tagged China, construction, freeways, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Macau, mainland, motoring, on the water
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Crossing the border on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge connects Hong Kong to Mainland China – but where does the bridge cross from the waters of Hong Kong into China’s Guangdong Province, and what marks it? So where is the border? From a legal perspective […]
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Tagged China, construction, freeways, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Macau, mainland, motoring, on the water
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