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The first opium war begins because of China's opposition to the opium trade in china.
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The first opium war ended with a treaty that gave Hong Kong to the United Kingdom.
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The residents of Kam Tin rebelled against the rule of the British colonial government.
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The university of Hong Kong was founded by the British and many of the students that went to the school in the very beginning also went to the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese.
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Hong Kong was oocupied by the Japanease starting in 1941 during the course of WW2.
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The governer of Hong Kong surrendered in person at the Japanese headquarters on the third floor of the Peninsula Hotel.
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By the end of the war in 1945 Hong Kong had been liberated by joint British and Chinese troops.
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Basic Law was officially accepted as the mini constitution of the Hong Kong SAR after the handover.
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Chris Patten was appointed as the Last British Governer of Hong Kong. He introduced many democratic reforms.
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Hong Kong is given back to the Chinese from the British. This marked the end of british rule in Hong Kong.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012cpc/2011-09/16/content_15842484_27.htm
