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Selling Opium Drug
In the 1800 Opium was a very popular drug, Opium was made by Poppies, the drug was sent by the British, and made in India, it was very addicting, and it was dangerous for people, but it was also for medicine, so Opium is good, and bad. -
Qing Dynasty
In 1831 Hong Kong belonged to the Qing Dynasty, no other powers minded that Hong Kong belonged to the Qing Dynasty. All there was when the topic of Hong Kong belonged to China was just all peace. -
The 1st Opium War
In 1839 the great, and terrible Opium War begun. The Opium war begun because China tried to stop bringing opium to China because to many people were getting addicted to drugs. So this is how The Opium War began. -
Hong Kong To Britain
In 1842 China gave up Hong Kong island to Britain after the First Opium War, thousands of Chinese migrants were freely going to different countries, and different cities in the world because of this major event. -
The 2nd Opium War
In 1856 The 2nd Opium War, or The Second Anglo-Chinese War began, the main powers were The British Empire, and The French Empire, and they teamed up to go against The Qing Dynasty. -
Refuge Of Mainland
In 1937 Hong Kong Became a refuge of mainland. This was caused because of the outbreak of the terrible Sino Japanese war in 1937. Refuge means that people are trying to find shelter, and protection for themselves. -
Japan Occupies Hong Kong
In 1941 Japan occupied Hong Kong which lead to food shortages in Hong Kong, and also when Japan occupied Hong Kong Island it caused residents who lived in Hong Kong Island to move to mainland. -
Riots In Hong Kong
In 1967 many riots were held in Hong Kong Island. These riots were mostly done by followers of China's Cultural Revolution. These riots that were made were quite large, big riots. -
Britain & China
In 1982 Britain, and China began to talk about the future of Hong Kong Island, the two very strong powers were trying to be civilised. China wanted to get Hong Kong back, so China was being very civilised as possible. -
The Handover
In 1997 Hong Kong Island was given back to China after more than a long 150 years of British control. This amazing event was called The Handover because Britain's handover to China. -
Celebration Of The Handover
In 2004 200,000 people celebrated the 7th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. It is a great significant event The Handover because in todays time it would all be different in Hong Kong. -
Full Democracy
In 2006 tens of thousands of people came together to support in full democracy. Democracy is an index produced by the Uk- Based Company the Economist Intelligence Unit. -
Beijing
In 2007 Beijing stated "People of Hong Kong will be able to to elect there own leader in 2017". For the Chinese residents of Hong Kong they were all very thrilled. -
Titanium Square Massacre
In 2009 tens of thousands of people attended a time of staying awake to celebrate in Hong Kong for the 20th anniversary of the Titanium Square Massacre. -
Leung Chun-Ying
In 2012 Leung Chun-Ying takes office as Chief Executive for Hong Kong. Leung Chun-Ying was served Chief Executive between 2012-2017 -
Umbrella Movement
In 2014 tens of thousands of protesters took part in what could've been Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy rally in a whole decade. This significant event was called the Umbrella Movement. -
Chief Executive
In 2016 Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying sais he will mot be in re-election when his times of Chief Executive terms ends in 2017. -
Xi Jinping
IN 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping goes to Hong Kong to say to Chief Executive Carrie Lam to warn attempts to damage China's influence of the special administrative region.
