signed the Treaty of Wangxia.

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望厦条约。 -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:51:14

The Treaty of Wanghia was the first of the unequal treaties -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:52:48

imposed by the United States on the Qing dynasty. -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:53:29

That must be a consequence of the first Opium War. -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:55:41

The First Opium War was the beginning of -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 22:59:16

the Century of Humiliation. It's also when Hong Kong became -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:00:22

a British colony. -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:00:49

I'm quite familiar with that part of history. -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:02:46

You're from Hong Kong, after all. -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:04:26

Speaking of which, I must say Margaret Thatcher made a -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:06:26

serious mistake by asking Deng Xiaoping to -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:07:33

let Britain keep Hong Kong under the British administration. -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:08:52

Do you mean the Iron Lady wasn't sensitive to how Chinese -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:11:59

felt about the First Opium War and the consequent -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:14:18

unequal treaties? -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:14:52

Exactly. She badly miscalculated and misfired. No Chinese -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:16:33

leaders would sign away Hong Kong again. She should not -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:17:55

even bring it up in the first place no matter what. -蓝灵- 给 蓝灵 发送悄悄话 蓝灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:18:44

You have a point. The late British prime minister had -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:20:09

no idea about the Century of Humiliation. -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 23:21:24

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