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Treaty of Nanking
- The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843.
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Jun 9, 2020 · Britain invaded the Chinese mainland and occupied the island of Hong Kong on Jan. 25, 1841, using it as a military staging point. China lost the war and had to cede Hong Kong to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking. As a result, Hong Kong became a crown colony of the British Empire . Leasing Hong Kong.
- Kallie Szczepanski
Hong Kong was a British colony and later a British Dependent Territory from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty.
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Jun 4, 2020 · Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1941 and again from 1945 to 1997. In 1839 in the First Opium War, Britain invaded China and one its first acts was to occupy Hong Kong. What is...
Hong Kong developed rapidly under UK rule, becoming one of the world's major financial and business centres. Then in 1982, London and Beijing began the difficult process of negotiating the ...
Sep 3, 2019 · The 1841 Convention of Chuenpi between Britain and China ceded Hong Kong to Britain. At the end of the First Opium War, the 1844 Treaty of Nanking confirmed the cession. Hong Kong first came...
- Becky Little
Jul 3, 2021 · What is more, the reason the British government occupied Hong Kong is that China lost a war against the British. In the minds of the Chinese in Hong Kong, the British were enemies that had invaded their motherland; simply put, some Chinese in Hong Kong hated the British administration.
Timeline. Prehistoric. Imperial (221 BC – 1800s) Bao'an County and Xin'an County. British Hong Kong (1841–1941, 1945–1997) Colonial (1800s–1930s) Convention of Chuenpi. Treaty of Nanking. Convention of Peking. Convention for the Extension of. Hong Kong Territory. Japanese occupation (1941–1945) (1940s) 1950s. 1960s ( 1967 riots) 1970s.
