View from Lok Ma Chau Police Station in 1979, looking north into the People's Republic of China. Ha Wan Village (Hong Kong) is bottom left, the fields beyond the Shenzhen River in Guangdong Province, are where part of the megacity of Shenzhen now stands.

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Size: 4596px × 3064px
Location: Lok Ma Chau, Hong Kong
Photo credit: © John Holmes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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