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History of Hong Kong

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    Colonial Hong Kong era

  • The Opium War

    The Opium War
    The First Opium War was fought between Grear Britain and China.
    The war is now considered in China as the beginning of modern Chinese history.

  • the Treaty of Nanking

    the Treaty of Nanking
    The first unequal treaties granted an indemnity to Britain. Cession of Hong Kong Island, founded as a crown colony of the United Kingdom.

  • First Convention of Peking

    First Convention of Peking
    The Convention of Peking is the name used for three different unequal treaties, which were concluded between Qing China and the United Kingdom, France, and Russia. Cession of Kowloon (south of Boundary Street).

  • Second Convention of Peking

    Second Convention of Peking
    The Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory,[commonly known as the Second Convention of Peking. Lease of the New Territories (including New Kowloon).

  • Japanese occupation era

    Japanese occupation era
    Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 23 December 1941 to 15 August 1945.

  • Hong Kong under British rule

    Hong Kong under British rule
    Period under Japanese rule ended in 1945 with sovereignty returning to the British. This period lasted nearly half of century.

  • Handover of Hong Kong

    Handover of Hong Kong
    The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. China created one natione, two systems.
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    HongKong under China