"Xianggang" meaning in English

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          "text": "At the end of that period, it may move to Northern Ireland for two years and then from there to Xianggang for two years, with internal security roles in both places.",
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          "ref": "1982, Anthony B. Chan, Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 105:",
          "text": "Like Shanghai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, and Yingkou, Guangzhou provided easy access for Western ships entering warlord China. Specifically, Guangzhou with its links to Xianggang was the ideal receiver base for war munitions into south China. Xianggang, in turn, was connected to Portuguese Aomen (Macao) and Manila with its American overseers.",
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