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Under the 'unequal treaties' China had to cede the island of Hong Kong to Great Britain, opened five treaty ports to Western trade, paid nine million dollars to the effected, limited tariffs to five percent. The most important was that the Western merchants were now to follow laws of their mother countries instead of China.

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