Hong Kong is an exciting city that was returned to the Chinese on July 1, 1997. Hong Kong's dynamism is unforgettable. It is a city of seeming opposites: wooden boats bobbing up and down in the harbor beside huge ocean liners, narrow streets and old, crumbling buildings next to ultramodern high-rises, old Chinese pushing wheelbarrows as Rolls-Royces glide past, street-side food stalls along with some of the best and most sophisticated restaurants in the world. Because of these dazzling contrasts, Hong Kong offers something unique.