THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY OF HONG KONG FROM 1900 TO 1993 CALLED KOWLOON LIVED WITHOUT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN 1948 TO 1993 THUS NO TAXES AND NO LAWS

ONCE upon a time more than 35,000 people lived in a real-life “sin city”, a gangsters paradise that thrived on anarchy.

Kowloon Walled City was a massive labyrinth of 300 interconnected buildings located just outside of Hong Kong, and was once among the most densely populated places on the planet.

It had started off as a Chinese military fort in the 17th century, but in the early 1900s through to 1993 it morphed into a huge urban slum full of intrigue.

Following World War II, Chinese migrants flooded in due to a lack of housing in Hong Kong, with businessmen constructing high rises under “squatters rights”. They essentially built homes on top of other homes, wherever they wanted, without abiding by safety codes.

Both China and the UK-run Hong Kong governments ignored what was going on at Kowloon, allowing it to expand without laws or building codes being enforced. Many professionals such as doctors and dentists, whose licences weren’t valid in Hong Kong, worked out of the Walled City due to this lawlessness, and a lack of taxes was a bonus.

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