it wasnt in Hong Kong in was in china >^.^<
Opium War
The British colonised Hong Kong in 1897 after a treaty has been signed with the Chinese after the Opium War that Hong Kong is to be a colony for 100 years and is to be given back to China in 1997.
Yes, Hong Kong was the scene of bitter fighting between Japanese and Allied troops.
the british were.
it wasnt in Hong Kong in was in china >^.^<
after world war 2
Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong took place during the Pacific campaign of World War II. It began on December 8 1941 and ended on Christmas Day with Hong Kong, then a British colony, surrendering to the control of Imperial Japan.
After defeating China in a war, the United Kingdom (Great Britain) demanded China give up Hong Kong as part of the Treaty of Nanking
It didn't, just another conquest.
The British were importing Opium to China, and the Chinese Emperor made it illegal but it was too profitable so the British merchants ignored the law. In 1839 China seized Opium sales and the Superintendant of Trade, a British citizen. The Empire retaliated and the First Opium War began. By 1841 the British had set up on the island of Hong Kong, which at the time was only a small fishing settlement. When the war ended in 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed and Britain took possession of the Island.