Origins of Hong Kong

Hong Kong's history as a British colony began on 20 January 1841. When the British ambassador plenipotentiary in China, Trade Superintendent Captain Charles Elliot, RN took over the Hong Kong island by force of arms on his own initiative. The place was want maketh trade concessions. Actually his actions was  also driven by a desire to restore British pride. You see, some time before Britain seized thousands of boxes of opium by Chinese in Canton. But the annexation was not popular in London and Beijing. Lord Palmerston, the foreign minister at the time of Queen Victoria, considers Hong Kong "barren island that almost no home" as a place which may not be a trading center. The forecast turned out missed, but never name Elliot already associated with Hong Kong is a success. Far from the beach or the street, the park seats no name given.
They were many names successors immortalized as the name of the building, highway or canal in the colony. Indeed, Hong Kong no longer barren island, but he became a burden for Britain to finance the army. So starting in 1988, until the return of the PRC in 1997, Hong Kong had bear 65% cost of the army. There were several army battalions British and Gurkha. Several Royal Navy ships and a squadron Royal Air Force aircraft and helicopters. Their task is to defend a land area of ??640 km square, the land border with China along the 35.2 km and thousands of miles spread over 235 coastal islands. 24th and 25th October 1860, the UK received an additional 6.06 km square area of ??New Territories, comprising the Kowloon Point and Stone Cutlers Island. The last territory addition obtained in 1898, when the British managed to  hire a part of the New Territories consists of the mainland and a small island of 234 for 99 years from 1 July 1898. Breadth  560 km square , money rent is HK $ 5,000 a year. Reason lease it is for defensive purposes. Though every Hong Kong people know that the approval was not much defense means. If you want to, China could take over the colony without a shot, simply by calling the queen of England. Local soldiers in Hong Kong is actually just to maintain internal security, usually to help the police and protect the colony against invasion of illegal immigrants. How the fate of Hong Kong after year 1997? Hong Kong is now very important for Beijing. Every year,  China gets about U.S. $ 6 billion to finance 35-40% hard money necessary to carry out the modernization program.

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