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∙ 12y agoThe smuggle of a very addicting drug named Opium that was brought over to China from Britain's Indian colonies. When China banned this highly effective and addicting drug from China, the British attacked Chinese ports. There we seen it as the Opium War between China and Britain. Britain however won the war, but banned Opium.
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∙ 12y agoBritain colonized Hong Kong around 1841. This is during the Opium Wars. Britain won this conflict and the Treaty of Nanking was the result.
Pretty sure it was Taiwan - the UK relinquished control of it. It is Hong Kong, the handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
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100 years lol
Hong Kong, which was leased from China by Britain at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Britain has never governed Thailand, you must be thinking of Hong Kong. Britain ceded control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, following an agreement between Chinese President Dun Xiao Ping and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1983.
Britain colonized Hong Kong around 1841. This is during the Opium Wars. Britain won this conflict and the Treaty of Nanking was the result.
Pretty sure it was Taiwan - the UK relinquished control of it. It is Hong Kong, the handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong was "returned" to the People's Republic of China in 1997
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Hong Kong was previously a British colony, so the mother country of Hong Kong is the United Kingdom. In 1997, Hong Kong was handed back to China under the "one country, two systems" arrangement.
Great Britain of course . They're the ones who conquer Hong Kong .
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After defeating China in a war, the United Kingdom (Great Britain) demanded China give up Hong Kong as part of the Treaty of Nanking