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Dagoguang emperor rejected proposals to legalize and tax opium resulting in confiscation of about 20,000 chests of opium.
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The war between China and Britain about the illegal trade of opium which is a drug.
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Commissioner Lin Zexu declared that all opium was to be poured into the rivers because people kept smuggling opium into the country.
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The Bogue forts guarded the mouth of the Pearl River. Pearl River is the waterway between Hong Kong and Canton
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With the increasing threat of Britain’s power, the Chinese agree to the Nanking or Nanjing treaty which gives Hong Kong to Britain for the war as a base and also a trading center because of it's water channels.
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They attacked without declaring war.
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Yen is Japanese currency
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After the “Handover”, Hong Kong became part of China again. It had been given to Britain for 156 years.
