The Ewo Hong (Chinese: 怡和行; pinyin: Yíhé Háng; Jyutping: ji4 wo4 hong2) was a Qing dynasty hong established by Wǔ Guóyíng (traditional Chinese: 伍國瑩; simplified...

just south of the British Consulate. The building was known as "the Ewo Hong", or "Ewo House", based on the Cantonese pronunciation of the company's Chinese...

Ewo or EWO may refer to: Ewo, Republic of the Congo, a village in the Cuvette-Ouest Department Ewo Airport Ewo District Ewo (hong), a Qing dynasty hong...

The region of Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Old Stone Age, later becoming part of the Chinese Empire with its loose incorporation into the Qin...

Canton, and took the Chinese name 'Ewo' (怡和 "Yee-Wo" Literally Happy Harmony). The name was taken from the earlier Ewo Hong founded by Howqua which had an...

later adopted the Chinese name "Ewo" (怡和洋行), meaning "Happy Harmony" and taken from the former well-regarded Ewo hong run by Howqua as one of Canton's...

"Hong" is the Cantonese pronunciation of 行, the Chinese term for a properly-licensed business. By analogy, it was applied to its chief, the Hong merchant...

From the late seventeenth century onwards, Chinese merchants, known as Hongs (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng), managed all trade in the port. Operating from...

Chinese name 'Ewo' (怡和) pronounced "Yee-Wo" and meaning "Happy Harmony". The name was chosen as it had been used by the former Ewo Hong run by Chinese...

with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of South Asia and Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by...

the end of the Thirteen Factories, Jardine Matheson & Co continued to use "Ewo" as their Chinese name. A settlement on the east bank of Lake Eildon, 23...

sometimes spelled kehang or gonghang, a guild of Chinese merchants or hongs, operated the import–export monopoly in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) during...

Company James Flint Old China Trade Thirteen Factories Chinese Hongs Ewo Hong Howqua Foreign Hongs Augustine Heard & Co. Augustine Heard Albert Heard Dent &...

became the firm's second hub of operations. In 1844, he set up a branch in Hong Kong, and a year later, he set up his Shanghai branch on The Bund to cash...

found themselves without refuge, except for the bare and rocky harbours of Hong Kong. Soon, however, the Chinese forces faced a British naval fleet, which...

(2012). Holdsworth, May; Munn, Christopher (eds.). Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888083664. Cutter, William Richard;...

James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝, Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 — unknown) was an 18th-century British merchant and diplomat employed by the East India Company and noted...

modernised the marine transport between Macau and Hong Kong, bringing millions of gamblers from Hong Kong every year. Riots broke out in 1966 during the...

century, Chinese porcelain could be purchased from two sources: the licensed Hong merchants or the porcelain specialized shopkeepers. From the records, the...

incense and enjoyed a widespread reputation. The distinguished Master Hong Yi, Master Hong Choon and the Master Yin Shun who is the charismatic figure of Humanistic...

(2012). May Holdsworth & Christopher Munn (ed.). Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888083664. Johnson, Kendall Albert;...

(2013), p. 50-55 Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-563-2. Dikötter (2013)...

account. He was in partnership with a man named Bourgoyne of the French Hong. In January 1781 John Henry Cox, son of the well known London clockmaker...

early days. The name of Yee Wo Street in comes from Jardine's Chinese name "Ewo" whilst other streets associated with the company include Jardine's Bazaar...

and writer Frank Welsh. Lancelot and John Dent were consuls of Italy in Hong Kong.[citation needed] Lancelot had a son, John Dent Fish born 1828 in Macau...

Faure (Editor): "Society - A Documentary History of Hong Kong", Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong 1997, p.125, ISBN 962-209-393-0 Stanley Jackson:...

The EWO Brewery Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China in 1935 by Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, one of the largest trading companies in the Far East at...

China 1824 to 1891". industrialhistoryhk.org. The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group. Retrieved 1 April 2019. "Flashback Photo: Samuel Russell Comes...

Company James Flint Old China Trade Thirteen Factories Chinese Hongs Ewo Hong Howqua Foreign Hongs Augustine Heard & Co. Augustine Heard Albert Heard Dent &...

Mellor (ed.). An East India company cemetery: Protestant burials in Macao. Hong Kong Univ Press. ISBN 978-962-209-384-3. p. 253 Fan, Fa-ti (2004). British...