‘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.

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

1945 - Britain regains Hong Kong from Japan

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Suggested Biographies

Commissioner Lin Zexu

Joshua Wong

 

Suggested Places of Interest

St Johns’ Cathedral (Hong Kong)

House 1881

Haw Par Mansion

Man Mo Temple

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Suggested Historical Sources

The Sino British Joint Declaration

Hong Kong Handover Timeline

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Anyone for Tea? - the colonization of Hong Kong

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The Stories so Far (part 3)

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Painting the map 'Red' - is China breaking up the Commonwealth?

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Anyone for Tea? (REPRISE)

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