HK & Macau currently “belong” to China. They're not contiguous political territories with China, as each maintain their own governments & currencies separate from the Mainland, and were both granted “SAR” (Special Administrative Region) status when sovereignty was returned to China. read more
** HONG KONG ** It was just a fishing village when the British first arrived; during their tenure, it developed into a major global business hub and deep water shipping port. ** Its currency, the “Hong Kong Dollar” [HK$], is pegged to the US$, the exchange rate generally sitting at approx. HK$7.78:US$1.00. read more
But we can't talk about everything so back to China, Hong Kong, and Macau (oh my!) China ended up having these two essentialy city-states, as always, because Empire. Portugal showed up in Asia in the 1500s and didn't exactly make friends. read more