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2000 chests of opium are sold and traded to China.That time the didn't know much about health.They would just keep trading it and the British would get what thhey wanted like china and silk.
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China hands Hong Kong Island over to Britain to stop more Opium from coming to China.Thousand of people from China flocked to Hong Kong to settle in the colony.
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Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island are ceded to Britain
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Britain "rents" the New Territories for 99 years.Britain wants Hong Kong because they have sheltered harbours which makes it easier to drop and take materials to trade.
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The outbreak of war causes the residents of mainland China to flee back to there land and supplies like food and medicine were scarce.
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After the bloody war, Britain is still in control of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong becomes financially strong and it is a major tourist attraction.
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A huge fire ripped through and left 5300 homeless.
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China agreed to the conditions and Hong Kong is Chinas once again.
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Hong Kong is hit by a disease called SARS which stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome.SARS is a disease that makes you cough, have high fever and truoble in breathing.
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Hundreds and thousands of Hong Kong residents took part in a large pro-democracy protest.
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Hong Kong marked 20 years since British rule.
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