Treaty+of+Nanjing

 Treaty of Nanjing The Treaty of Nanjing, also known as the Treaty of Nanking, ended the First Opium War. The treaty was signed on August 29th, 1842, granting Great Britain the Island of Hong Kong. This was a great loss to China.

The treaty stated that:
 * Hong Kong would be given to Britain on a 99 year lease.
 * The Chinese should pay $21 million to Great Britain for all the Opium destroyed during the war.
 * Five ports in China would be opened to foreign trade.

This was the beginning of European imperialism into China.



Image from GoogleImages.com Information from book Heren, Louis. //China's Three Thousand Years.// Macmillan Publishing Co. 1974.