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Hong Kong Island wasn't on lease, it was ceded in perpetuity in the Treaty of Nanjing. It's the New Territories that were on lease. When the lease ran out, it w
by arcticbull 5y ago
Hong Kong Island wasn't on lease, it was ceded in perpetuity in the Treaty of Nanjing. It's the New Territories that were on lease. When the lease ran out, it was deemed impossible to consolidate the population from the peninsula onto the island.