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2000 opium chests flee to China
Imports of opium into China stood at 2000 chests annually when the first anti opium edict was promulgated. -
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Hong Kong History
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The first opium war
In the 17th centuries demand for Chinese goods in Europe created a trade imbalance between Qing Imperial China and Great Britain. -
The first battle of Chuen Pi
The first battle of Chuen Pi was fought between British and Chinese ships at the entrance of the Humen strait Guang Dong province, during the first opium war. -
The second battle of Chuen Pi
The second battle of Chuen Pi was fought between British and Chinese forces of the pearl river Delta, Guang Dong province during the first opium war. -
British colonised HK
China cedes HK island to Britain after the first opium war.Over the decades, thousands of Chinese migraines fleeing domestic upheaves settle in the colony. -
The battle of Canton
The battle of canton was a battle of the second opium war. The french and British attacked the Chinese city of canton. The city fell on January 1858 and the europeans took over. -
Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island are given to Britain.
The island was given by the Qing dynasty to Great Britain along with Kowloon in 1860. After World War Two the island became host to British Army units. -
The intervention of france
France joined the British action against china, prompted by complains from their envoy. -
The New Territories are leased to Britain for 99 years; the colony becomes an important trading port.
China lost Hong Kong to Great Britain in the Opium Wars, and later leased territories to the British under duress. -
The Kowloon–Canton Railway to the border of China is completed.
Steps have been taken to assimilate the network into the same faring system of the MTR, and gates between the two networks were removed in several stages in 2008. -
Refugees fleeing from political turbulence and warfare in Mainland China increase Hong Kong’s population.
With the mass migration of people displaced by war moving to the top of the global political agenda, as in official quarters over Hong Kong’s system grows, data compiled by the UN has shed light on the small but rising number of people coming here in Hong Kong. -
Japan surrenders
Forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown Colony of HK. The attack was in violation of international law as Japan had not declared war against the British Empire. -
Japanese Invasion
The surrender accrued after 18 days of fierce fighting against the overwhelming Japanese forces that had invaded the territory. Later, japan surrendered at the end of world war. -
1.5 million chinese refugees flee to HK
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the colony developed rapidly- becoming a magnet for immigrants and for trade with Chinese communities abroad. -
HK grows to become a major finance
Until the British started importing opium, foreign trade with China was severely one way. -
Shek Kip Mei Fie become homeless
A major fire destroyed Shek Kip Mei of immigrants from mainland China that had fled to HK, leaving 53,000 people homeless. -
Both China and HK are hit by the pneumonia-like Sars virus
Strict quarantine measures are enforced to stop the virus from spreading. HK is declared free of sars in June.
