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Hong Kong History
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5000-23000 chests of Opium smuggled into China
William Jardine smuggled 5000-23000 chests of Opium into China, and everyone got addicted to Opium -
Battle of Kowloon
The Battle of Kowloon was a skirmish between British and Chinese vessels of the Kowloon Peninsula, China, on 4 September 1839. Located in Hong Kong, Kowloon was then part of the Guangdong province. -
The First Opium war
The Emperor got less and less money(because everyone kept buying Opium) and the Emperor got mad and threw all the Opium away into the river. England got mad and declared war. That time, England had more powerful weapons and stronger armory, so the Chinese army surrendered. -
European ships arrive
European ships began arriving along China's east coast.Driven by trade, the Portuguese were among the first to hit the scene. -
The battle of Tzeki
The Battle of Tzeki was fought between British and Chinese forces in Tzeki, Zhejiang province, China in 1842 during the First Opium War. -
The treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking is a peace treaty which helped end the first Opium War. This started the colonial period in Hong Kong. The British wanted to get Hong Kong because of it's natural harbor. -
The Battle Of Canton
The Battle of Canton was fought by British and French forces against China during the Second Opium War. The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city of Canton (Guangzhou) as a demonstration of power and to capture Chinese official Ye Mingchen who had resisted British attempts to implement the Treaty of Nanking. -
Japan occupies Hong Kong.
Japan occupies Hong Kong. Food shortages force many people to go to mainland China. The population drops from 1.6m in 1941 to 650,000 by the end of the Second World War. -
"One country, two systems"
“One country, two systems” was first put forward by Deng Xiaoping in 1984 as a way to reunite the communist mainland with historically Chinese territories—Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. -
Hong Kong is now top financial center.
Hong Kong is expected to overtake London and new york to become the world’s biggest financial center, which means that Hong Kong is the best place to make money.
