Shopping for history in Chung Ying Street
![Chung Ying Street was a river in 1899. British used the high water mark as the border. But the shallows around Sha Tau Kok dried up before World War II. Residents opened shops on both sides of the dried up river. In the photo is Qiaotou Street, not far from Chung Ying Street. [Yang Nan/China.org.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081127/000bcdb95f1d0a989dd303.jpg "Chung Ying Street was a river in 1899. British used the high water mark as the border. But the shallows around Sha Tau Kok dried up before World War II. Residents opened shops on both sides of the dried up river. In the photo is Qiaotou Street, not far from Chung Ying Street. [Yang Nan/China.org.cn]") |
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Chung Ying Street was a river in 1899. British used the high water mark as the border. But the shallows around Sha Tau Kok dried up before World War II. Residents opened shops on both sides of the dried up river. In the photo is Qiaotou Street, not far from Chung Ying Street. [Yang Nan/China.org.cn] |
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