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Hong Kong (pronunciation in Hong Kong Cantonese), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia.

Macau lies across the delta to the west, and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north.

With a total land area of and a population of over 7.3 million of various nationalities, it ranks as the world's fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory.

Christie's is a historic British auction house.

It was founded in 1766 by James Christie.

Its main premises are in King Street, St. James's, in London, and on Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in the United States.

The company is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François-Henri Pinault.

Sales in 2015 totalled £4.8 billion ($7.4 billion).

Geneva is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.

Paris (French) is the capital and most populous city of France.

It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2,229,621 within its administrative limits.

The city is both a commune and department and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12,005,077, comprising 18.2 percent of the population of France.

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia.

It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium.

London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its medieval boundaries.

Since at least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.