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Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula were ceded to Britain in perpetuity. The lease agreement which expired in 1997 only applied to the New Territory’s, essentially an area of farmland along the Chinese border.

Just to clarify, it'll be hard to argue that America is the "most developed" because the qualifications are so ambiguous. So I'll qualify as to why it is ONE of the greatest nations on earth.1. Natural Resources.America has an abundance of natural resources, so much so that for a long time that it was entirely self-sufficient in terms of raw resources. The US has lots of land, water, animals to hunt, wood, crude oil, natural gas, access to two of the biggest economies via access to both of the largest oceans in the world, farmland/ranches (the country started as agrarian colonies), metals like copper and gold, and a persistent and robust fishing industry. All of which fueled the American Dream, immigrant aspirations, and Manifest Destiny.2. Human population.Since the very beginning our population exploded in terms of birth rate (though checked by disease) and constant immigration.People were raised to believe in personal freedom, that business relationships should segregate from family issues, and that if you worked hard you can achieve success. It didn't turn out that way easily until recently, bit the people's initial dreams were the reasons why the colonies were started and became the country it is today.3. Trade relationsAmerica was founded on trade. First with the Native Americans, then with England and France, trade was possibly the biggest part of American life. No trade, no work, no life. The War of 1812 has its roots in America wanting to trade with both England and France even when the two verged on war. Since then, America formed trade relations with every country that borders an ocean and then some.4. Capitalist economy.When William Bradford headed the Plymouth Colony, he initially tried a communist system (the term didn't actually exist at the time). It failed when workers shirked off farming duty, which was especially bad in the face of a deadly winter and hard soil. He and the others the adopted a free-enterprise system, which forced everyone to work for their own food. It also helped that Native Americans showed them how to fertilize the soil with fish. America never left the free-market practice, though trusts and monopolies persisted for a period of time government regulations came in after the Great Depression occurred as a result of bad business practices. Competition through capitalism forced businesses to adopt more efficient operations to lower costs and make more competitive prices. It removed and bankrupted inefficient ones who could not adapt and promoted new ones who could.5. World War 2The world war allowed America to get back up on its feet. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shocked the nation into rearmament as men joined the military, women took up men's civilian jobs, and everyone who had money bought tons of government bonds. This injected billions into the economy and thus powered the war effort. America was a sleeping giant, and indeed it was. We produced so much military hardware we gave our allies free stuff through the Lend-Lease agreement. We fought the war on BOTH fronts simultaneously when every other country on both sides of the war were entirely occupied with one. This led to America's final ascension into global hegemony, the Cold War.6. The Cold WarFrom 1947 to 1991, countries around the world sided with either the USSR or the USA. In the latter half of the war, it became clear that the USSR's days were limited and America will come out on top if nothing was radically changed. With the largest and most well connecter economy and the most advanced and well-funded conventional military equipped with thousands of nuclear missiles, America climbed the final economic and military rung of the ladder to global hegemony with no one to truly challenge it until Japan and the rise of the European Union.That's all I can think of ri. Please note that this answer is not intended to be pro-America patriotism kind of thing, but an answer to reveal truth.

To give you a perspective on this, I was in the government witnessing this whole process first hand. For all those claiming that farmers were forced, please read this answer to understand facts better.For starters, Land pooling is process where land is voluntarily sought from farmers/land owners. In return, the government gives developed plots to the land owners/farmers along with a yearly sum based on the type of land.Land acquisition: When the government decides to acquire land without the will of the land owners/farmers and will compensate them. In this case, the land owner is not willing but is forced to abide by the decision.In AP’s case, for capital Amaravati, Land pooling was introduced.Why is land pooling better?It makes development a participatory model, and the key to its success is that it is voluntary.How do land owners/farmers benefit?Once the city is developed in a decade, they will get back almost 30 per cent of their pooled land as ultra-expensive city land. This enables them to see the new city as a road to prosperity, not deprivation.The scheme offers farmers a monthly payment per acre as high or higher than the going leasing rate for farmland. Landless labourers will get a monthly pension of Rs. 2,500.Long-term returns for land owners/farmers:Low-cost canteens and skill development centres have been opened to train farmers in new occupations.The new capital is being built in the fertile Krishna- Godavari area where land today costs one to two crore per acre. Naidu has persuaded farmers that, when the city develops, land will be worth Rs. 8-9 crore per acre. So, farmers have surrendered their land voluntarily, expecting a windfall when they get back developed land.Till then, they have a reliable cash flow from monthly government payments, plus opportunities for skilling and taking up other work.What is the govt giving land owners (after mutual agreement):AP Govt will give owners of double-cropped land 1,000 sq yards of residential and 200 sq yards of commercial land for every acre of pooled farmland. In addition, they will get an annuity (paid in monthly installments) starting at Rs. 30,000 per year and rising by Rs. 3,000 annually for ten years.Owners of triple-cropped land will get a better deal: 1,000 sq yards of residential land and 450 sq yards of commercial land for every acre pooled. They will also get an annuity starting at Rs. 50,000 per year, rising by Rs. 5,000 annually for a decade.Here’s an example from a meeting I was part of at the Chief Minister’s Office: In a meeting at the Hyderabad Secretariat with Representatives of Farmers’ associations who were opposing the move, Chief Minister Naidu offered them a choice between pooling in and acquisition, confident that most will ultimately prefer pooling in. While a section of farmers (supporting the Opposition Party) from Mangalagiri did not budge, he convinced them that they would get rightful returns on their land.In one and half hour, the situation was resolved and everyone came to a decision. Therefore, I believe we also need good leaders to understand the problems of people and explain how something benefits them.In this case, Andhra Pradesh has both.Source: My book - India's Glocal Leader: Chandrababu Naidu