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City Guides: Hong Kong: Home

Country Overview

  • Use the dropdown menu to select Hong Kong
  • Offers basic information on the country's government, economy, and society
  • Published by the CIA

Culture

  • Though GoinGlobal focuses primarily on career search resources, each country and city profile does have information on the culture and business etiquette
  • Contains a profile of Hong Kong (click on Global City Career Guides)
  • Explore the Living There and General Resources section of the profile
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN

Business and the Economy

  • Information on the business landscape, trade regulations, investment climate, and political & economic environment of 125 countries
  • Consult the latest Hong Kong Country Profile from Marketline, particularly the portions on the economic landscape
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off-Grounds

News

  • Contains articles from scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, and magazines as well as industry and company reports
  • To find news about Hong Kong:
    • Enter Hong Kong in the search box and select GE Geographic Terms under Select a Field
    • Select Newspaper and/or Periodical under Publication type
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Broad variety of news sources
  • On the search page, expand the Region field and search for Hong Kong
  • Add additional search criteria as desired and click Search
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

Statistics & Data

  • Statistical bureau of Hong Kong
  • Includes statistics on labor and income, the economy, and society, including basic demographics
  • Contains economic time series data
  • Datasets include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Provides social and economic statistics for key indicators for each country as well as regions in some cases
  • Consists of several individual databases with overlap in indicators; databases include:
    • World Development Indicators
    • Education Statistics
    • Gender Statistics
    • Poverty and Equity Database
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Includes economic and socio-demographic data
  • Use the Advanced Search function to search for data across a range of UN databases

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