Hong (business)
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP For other uses, see Hong (disambiguation). A Hong (Chinese: 行 ) was a large general trading house in Canton (now known as Guangzhou), Guangdong, China, in the 19th century. The first hongs were led by Howqua as head of the cohong . Contents 1 Origin 2 History 3 Conglomerates of colonial Hong Kong 3.1 1843 3.2 1844 3.3 1850s 3.4 1860s 3.5 1870s 3.6 1890s 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Origin See also: Cohong and Thirteen Factories Prior to the establishment of Hong Kong, the name hong was given to major business houses using the Chinese word (Chinese: 行 ; pinyin: háng ; Jyutping: hong4 ; literally: "profession") based in Canton. The Thirteen Factories were the original Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) hongs permitted to engage in foreign trade under the aegis of the cohong . The original Canton factories faded from the scene after the First Opium War (1839–1842), just prior to Hong Kong's e...