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Are you describing Hong Kong?
by chillydawg 11y ago
Are you describing Hong Kong?
- dagw 11y agoSounds like the Boxer rebellion
- rmah 11y agoYes, among other locations (Hong Kong, Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, etc.). I was describing the various "treaty ports" that were established following the Opium Wars, which were essentially a series of wars fought by the west to allow the import of illegal drugs into China. The major western powers forced China into providing land and extra-territorial rights to westerners in China. The Chinese still remember this era quite vividly and describe it as the "Century of Humiliation".