Kowloon Walled-City — The Delightful Chaos

Initially built as a <a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-lasting-legacy-of-hong-kongs-kowloon-walled-city" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese military fort</a>, it quickly became a foundation for a rapidly expanding urban settlement. Except for Kowloon Walled-City, the rest of Hong-Kong’s territories were <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/china-lease-hong-kong-to-britain-195153" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">leased to Britain</a> in 1898 and the enclave became isolated and hard to govern for China. With a measly <a href="https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-history-kowloon-walled-city-hong-kong" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">700 inhabitants in 1898</a>, the population grew sizably after the Japanese occupation was put to an end during World War 1. The majority of the people in the city during this period came about from an influx of Chinese refugees fleeing the civil war in the country. With both the Chinese and the British lacking initiative to govern the precinct, hundreds of people poured in to the lawless city to build a room for themselves wherever they could find space. <a href="https://medium.com/@nazalmoideen4/kowloon-walled-city-the-delightful-chaos-c6f2ab5f4f82">Learn More</a>