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> Kowloon, except for the walled city

I thought Kowloon was the walled city.

Nope. The Opium wars and the subsequent status of the Kowloon Walled City are really cool stories. Funny to think that the fortunes of today's Hong Kong got rich selling drug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

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