On July 3, 1844,Cushing and the Qing Dynasty official Qiying

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• 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