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  1. Hong Kong

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    History
    Hong Kong was established as a British colony following the First Opium War (1840-1842). The Treaty of Nanking ceded Hong Kong Island to the British Empire, while the Convention of Peking (1860) added Kowloon. The New Territories were acquired under a 99-year lease in 1898, a contractual arrangement that proved diplomatically awkwar…

  2. Opium Wars

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    The combined Franco-British forces achieved decisive victories, culminating in the capture and temporary occupation of Beijing in 1860. During the occupation, the destruction of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)/) was a profound symbolic and material blow to the Qing Dynasty.
    The war ended with the Convention of Peking (1860)), which expanded the treaty port system, legalized the [opium trade](/entri…

  3. Opium Wars

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    | Treaty of Nanking | 1842 | Hong Kong Island | 0.45 |
    | Treaty of Tientsin | 1858 | Opening of Yangtze River access | 0.62 |
    | Convention of Peking (1860) | 1860 | Kowloon Peninsula granted to Britain | 0.78 |
    The wars severely weakened the Qing state's fiscal autonomy, forcing it to accept fixed, low tariffs on [fo…