香港,在历史上曾被人们称为“不毛之地”。它当时的唯一价值仅在于得天独厚的通往大陆的便利地理位置。从1848年英国占有这个岛屿后的近百年时间里,岛上的经济谈不上有多大发展。第二次世界大战中,香港又被日本占领。战争使岛上原有的基础设施又受到严重的破坏。可是,自战后短短的几十年中,香港竟一跃成为“亚洲四小虎”之一, Hong Kong has historically been referred to as “barren land”. Its sole value at the time was only the privileged geographical proximity to the mainland. Nearly a century after Britain took possession of the island in 1848, the economy on the island was far from developed. During the Second World War, Hong Kong was again occupied by Japan. The war has severely damaged the original infrastructure on the island. However, Hong Kong has suddenly become one of the “Four Little Tigers in Asia” since the war just a few decades ago.