<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHistoria ya Hong Kong, ambayo kwa muda mrefu imekuwa njia ya kuingia China kwa watu wa Magharibi, inaanza mnamo 1841 na uvamizi wa Uingereza wa eneo hilo.  <response>: In the popular mind, the history of Hong Kong, long the entryway to China for Westerners, begins in 1841 with the British occupation of the territory. 