‘The Journey’s End – Giving Back Hong Kong’
‘The Journey’s End – Giving Back Hong Kong’ A Perspective through Chronology
1830’s British East India Company establishes first Tea estate in Assam, India
1839-42- 1st Opium War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f32MPPBJOjU
https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/opium_wars_01/ow1_essay01.html
1842 - China & Britain sign The Treaty of Nanking.
1858 - China and Britain sign Treaty of Tientsin
1856-60 - 2nd Opium War-Treaty of Beijing signed.
1898 - Lease Extension of 99 years for Hong Kong Island, Kowloon & New Territories.
1903 - British exports of Opium to China come to an end
1912 - China becomes a Republic
1939-45 - World War 2
1941-45 - Japan occupies Hong Kong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAo3oGX5To
1945 - Britain regains Hong Kong from Japan
Suggested Biographies
Commissioner Lin Zexu
Joshua Wong
https://www.pbs.org/video/joshua-wong-pro-democracy-protests-hong-kong-ulm06c/
https://time.com/4776817/joshua-wong-hong-kong-democracy-teenager-superpower/
Suggested Places of Interest
St Johns’ Cathedral (Hong Kong)
House 1881
Haw Par Mansion
Man Mo Temple
Suggested Historical Sources
The Sino British Joint Declaration
https://www.cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/jd2.htm
Hong Kong Handover Timeline
