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Selling of Opium
2,000 chests of opium are sold to china every year, emperor yongxing bans opium. -
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Selling of opium continued
5,000-75,000 chests of opium are sold to china every year. -
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Opium wars
britain forced china to trade with them but china refused, so britain declared war on china but they wanted peace , so in turn for peace china gave HK to britain . -
attack of japan
japan invaded HK,Britain surrendered to japan and gave hong kong to japan in exchange for peace -
bill of rights
china and Britain sign a bill of rights letting HK to keep its rights for 50 years. -
HK handover
in 1997 britain handed HK back to china after ruling it for 99 years -
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modern HK
HK is now one of the most famous countries in the world due its modern building designs and companies. -
umbrella revelution
The umbrella revolution was a large protest where people wanted to be be able to vote for their own government.
