September 25, 2019, Global Research (Canada)
https://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protests-return-to-the-british-empire-and-the-1842-treaty-of-nanjing/5690148
Hundreds of young Chinese, in front
of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing the God Save the Queen and shout
“Great Britain Saves Hong Kong”, a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians
who ask that British citizenship be given to residents of the former colony. In
this way, Britain is emerging in world public opinion, particularly among young
people, as a guarantor of legality and human rights. To do this, History is
erased.
It is therefore necessary, before
any other consideration, to know the historical episodes which, in the first
half of the 19th century, brought the Chinese territory of Hong Kong under
British rule.
To penetrate China, then ruled by
the Qing dynasty, Britain resorted to the distribution of opium, which it
shipped by sea from India where it held the monopoly. The drug market spread
rapidly in
