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Topic	Countries that were once great, but now are alright or bad.
JE19426 09/24/17 8:50:13 AM #19:	unpleasant_milk posted... TC, we didn't lose Hong Kong. We owned it on a leasehold basis. We legally had to give it back to the Chinese. Unfortunate I know, but there you go. That's not true. While areas around Hong Kong were leased for 99 years (including parts of what is now considered Hong Kong). Hong Kong itself was entirely owned by Britain after the First Opium War. <cite>JE19426 posted [p:887188318] in Countries ... [t:75808501]...</cite> <quote><cite>unpleasant_milk posted...</cite> <quote>TC, we didn't lose Hong Kong. We owned it on a leasehold basis. We legally had to give it back to the Chinese. Unfortunate I know, but there you go.</quote> That's not true. While areas around Hong Kong were leased for 99 years (including parts of what is now considered Hong Kong). Hong Kong itself was entirely owned by Britain after the First Opium War.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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