Thanks for sharing this piece of history。秋蘭，晚安 ~ ~

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• I don't envy you. I just admire you. Goodnight, 盈盈！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 20:58:08

• 羨慕我要早睡早起早搬磚？搬磚這個詞，秋蘭看得懂嗎？哈哈，晚安。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 21:01:41

• 陶侃傳人，讚嘆！認真的，盈盈是香港人稱的“打工仔”。快點休息吧。再謝一個！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 21:12:46

• I get that. Good night, 盈盈! -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 21:36:32

• 盈盈說的搬磚，紉秋蘭說的打工，異曲同工。香港人也稱“捱騾仔”。 -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:17:24

• "捱騾仔” working like a mule? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:21:48

• 內地人所稱的受苦群眾。聽過許冠傑的“打工仔”麽？ -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:24:42

• It rings a bell. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:25:32

• “我哋呢班打工人，一生喺處為錢幣，做奴隸。” -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:27:51

• Go on. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:28:46

• “嗰種辛苦折墮講出嚇鬼，死俾你睇……” -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:31:20

• Life is hard. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:33:55

• It could be harder. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:35:04

• I am thinking of a crucible. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:36:57

• Indeed it is. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:39:13

• 100% Hong Kong Cantonese. Amazing! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/12/2024 postreply 06:47:30

• My pleasure, 盈盈！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 21:14:14

• Did the U.S. send an envoy to the Qing court? -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:45:01

• On July 3, 1844,Cushing and the Qing Dynasty official Qiying -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:49:08

• signed the Treaty of Wangxia. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:50:11

• 望廈條約。 -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:51:14

• The Treaty of Wanghia was the first of the unequal treaties -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:52:48

• imposed by the United States on the Qing dynasty. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:53:29

• That must be a consequence of the first Opium War. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:55:41

• The First Opium War was the beginning of -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:59:16

• the Century of Humiliation. It's also when Hong Kong became -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:00:22

• a British colony. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:00:49

• I'm quite familiar with that part of history. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:02:46

• You're from Hong Kong, after all. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:04:26

• Speaking of which, I must say Margaret Thatcher made a -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:06:26

• serious mistake by asking Deng Xiaoping to -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:07:33

• let Britain keep Hong Kong under the British administration. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:08:52

• Do you mean the Iron Lady wasn't sensitive to how Chinese -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:11:59

• felt about the First Opium War and the consequent -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:14:18

• unequal treaties? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:14:52

• Exactly. She badly miscalculated and misfired. No Chinese -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:16:33

• leaders would sign away Hong Kong again. She should not -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:17:55

• even bring it up in the first place no matter what. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:18:44

• You have a point. The late British prime minister had -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:20:09

• no idea about the Century of Humiliation. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:21:24