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Kowloon Walled City: tales from Hong Kong’s ‘City of Darkness’ | South China Morning Post

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The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once considered the densest settlement in the world. The sprawling neighbourhood was often characterised as a lawless enclave with poor living conditions, criminal activity and a thriving black market, trading anything from pirated goods to drugs and sex. It was demolished in…

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