Hong Kong History
Since the 17th century, the British began running opium to China and Hong Kong gradually became one important transferring point used by the British to transfer opium to China. The period from 18th to 19th witnessed a raging drug trafficking which resulted in a large number of addicts throughout the country. The Qing government realized the harms and dangers brought by the opium flow to his country and people and started to ban the opium trade. The British thus resort to military action against China so as to maintain their trade benefits and started the First Opium War.
The first Opium War ended with the defeat of China. The notorious Qing Government nervous at the thought of more devastating attacks decided to sign the first unfair "Treaty of Nanking" and allowed to cede the Hong Kong island to Britain and open five other ports for foreign trade.
The Treaty of Nanking greatly encouraged the Britain to demand more rights and territory from China. To meet their insatiable appetite for territory, the British allied with the French launched the second Opium War and took possession of the Kowloon Peninsula; in 1898, the British acquired the New Territories and other over 200 islands around the waters under a 99 - year lease.
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The British controlled Hong Kong from then – except a four-year period during World War II when the territory was occupied by the Japanese. In July 1st 1997, Hong Kong was handed over to China after 100 year's colonial rule and the British set sail from the Victoria Harbor.
Now Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China which is governed under the policy of " One country, two Systems".
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