To: a little elbow grease
Can anyone explain why Hong Kong was given to the Chinese in the first place? Because the 99 year lease ran out.
In formal terms the answer lies in the second Convention of Peking, signed on 9 June 1898. The ailing Qing Dynasty leased the New Territories to Britain for 99 years, starting 1 July 1898. The new additions were to make up 90 per cent of Hong Kong's land mass. The term of 99 years was fixed almost casually.
81 posted on
05/22/2020 4:54:39 AM PDT by
bagster
("Even bad men love their mamas".)
To: bagster
Can anyone explain why Hong Kong was given to the Chinese in the first place? Substitute PANAMA for Hong Kong and ask the same question...
113 posted on
05/22/2020 3:13:47 PM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson