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Hong Kong History

  • British Trade in China

    British Trade in China
    British merchants trade opium for Chinese silks, silver, spices and tea .
  • First Opium War

    First Opium War
    That is because China people were all to lazy to work , and there was way to much Opium , and British use this time to attack Hong Kong .
  • European Ship Arrive

    European Ship Arrive
    They arrive for the trade but China did not say yes , then finally they trade in Macau and China finally said only in guan zhao
  • British own Hong Kong

    British own Hong Kong
    So British got Hong Kong , on their own that means they officially owns Hong Kong .
  • Second Opium War

    Second Opium War
    British and French troop in to BeiJing , were going to burn Summer Palace , to stop them China gave them Kowloon .
  • There is really much population in Hong Kong

    There is really much population in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong had a population of 125 , 504 of people , and there were 2000 were Americans and Europeans.
  • Peak Tram Built

    Peak Tram Built
    It took 3 whole years to build one , and now it is build in 1888 .
  • British Empire

    British Empire
    British Empire meaning everything , and the Hong Kong lease is made giving British 99 years to have Hong Kong .
  • Sun Yet - Sen

    Sun Yet - Sen
    Sun Yet - Sen revolution to government in China .
  • Qing Dynasty land

    Qing Dynasty land
    The land that is above British Empire land , is now republic of China's land , not Qing Dynasty any more .
  • Japan Invade China

    Japan Invade China
    They were in China , and destroy China in Guangdong .
  • World War 2

    World War 2
    The two dates most often mentioned as " the beginning of World War 2 " are July 7 1937 , when the " Marco polo bridge indient let to a prolonged war between Japan and China .
  • Japan rule Hong Kong

    Japan rule Hong Kong
    Hong Kong was occupied by Japan , and it was on Christmas day .
  • Post World War 2

    Post World War 2
    The Post World War 2 economic expansion , also know as the postwar economic boom , and the golden age of Capitalism , and end at 1975 .
  • Japan is being surrounded

    Japan is being surrounded
    The Japan was surrounded by British , So Hong Kong is ruled by British now .
  • Mao's CCP wins the war

    Mao's CCP wins the war
    The KMT flee to Taiwan. Hundreds of thousands more streamed across the border leading up to the defeat .
  • Many Hong Kong people die

    Many Hong Kong people die
    1.5 million Chinese ( means Hong Kong ) refluges flee to TLK , and many people die .
  • Hong Kong Now have huge amount of people

    Hong Kong Now have huge amount of people
    Hong Kong become finance and Manuka Ching centre , and when Japan leave , it cause a huge population from the mainland China .
  • Shake Kip Mei fire

    Shake Kip Mei fire
    At 1953 , a major fire destroyed Shake Kip Mei ' s shanty town of immigrants from mainland China , that had fled to Hong Kong , leaving 53 , 000 people homeless .
  • Giving Hong Kong speech

    Giving Hong Kong speech
    The Sino-British Empire Joint Declaration is made , where Britain agree to give Hong Kong up on July 1st 1997 .
  • About the hand over promise

    About the hand over promise
    British said that before the Hand Over , have to grant British citizenship to only 225,000 Hong Kong Chinese .
  • The Hand Over

    The Hand Over
    From now on Britain will give Hong Kong back to people's republic China !
  • Hong Kong

    Hong Kong
    Which means it is the present day ! ! !