"The UK has never taken a p in Hong Kong, we have been seeking benefits for Hong Kong people."
The one who said this sentence was the famous " Iron Lady ", Mrs. Thatcher . The statement of
has caused many people to laugh at. Of course, this also conforms to their "personality", after all, they always like to play the role of "savior".
After saying this, Mrs. Thatcher was betrayed by her former confidants and it was revealed that the British had gained huge economic benefits in Hong Kong during their possession. This made Mrs. Thatcher very embarrassed. So, how much does the UK take from Hong Kong every year? What method is used?
Madame Thatcher
The incompetent Qing government
1940, in order to seek the huge benefits brought by opium, the United Kingdom brazenly launched the First Opium War on China. Under the strong ships and powerful guns of Britain, the Qing government surrendered and signed the " Treaty of Nanjing " with Britain in shame.
The Treaty of Nanjing has thirteen articles, the first of which is to require the Qing government to ced Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom. After seeing the Qing government so weak and incompetent, Britain launched the Second Opium War .
later signed the " Beijing Treaty " with the UK. In the treaty, Britain forced Qing Dynasty to ced the Kowloon Peninsula in Xin'an County, Guangdong to the UK.
The Qing government was forced to sign an unequal treaty
After this, Britain showed its greed side again. They extended the area of the Kowloon Peninsula to the area south of Shenzhen River , and the more than 200 nearby islands were also eroded by them. After , they hypocritically agreed on a 99-year deadline.
But from 1841, until Hong Kong returned to in 1997, Britain occupied Hong Kong for 157 years. If we weren't strong enough, Britain would have been stubborn. Moreover, we have never received the rent they gave.
UK's Nuggets
So, how did the British use Hong Kong to make money during the occupation of Hong Kong? Before , the status of Hong Kong was only a naval military base.
But it is this so-called " military base ", which makes the British catch all the pots. Everyone should be familiar with their way of gold-mining, that is opium trade . It was because of this that they launched a war and forced the Qing government to cede land and seek peace.
The Qing government sold cigarettes
html In the early 116th century, Britain established the East India Company in order to plunder wealth. In order to make money, they began to grow opium raw materials in India, and then traded them. The Qing Dynasty at that time became unrest due to the invasion of opium.
The Qing government also understood the harm of opium, so it was granted the order to Lin Zexu gunpowder. But soon after the smoke of gunpowder, Britain made a comeback. After occupying Hong Kong Island, they transported opium to the mainland through Hong Kong. From 1845 to 1849 alone, three-quarters of the opium exported by India flowed to China.
This behavior stopped until 1941 after the Japanese captured Hong Kong. However, the British are already very satisfied with this. After all, they have made a lot of money and are enough for their descendants to squander.
British Army
In addition to the opium trade, the UK has also conducted investment and other commercial activities in Hong Kong. A lot of money can be made every year. For them, Hong Kong is profitable, so it will definitely not give up here.
On April 5, 1945, the US Ambassador to China requested to Churchill to return Hong Kong. But Churchill ignored it at the time.
First of all, we were relatively weak at that time, , while Britain was still the so-called "Empire of the Sun Not Setting" , so Churchill did not take our suggestions seriously. The second point is that the economic benefits brought by Hong Kong are too great, which makes Churchill reluctant to let go of this "fat meat".
With the end of World War II , Britain attaches more importance to this land. Because Britain suffered a great loss in its strength after World War II, many overseas colonies have successively separated from their vassals. As a symbol of the UK's interests in the Far East, Hong Kong naturally has very important significance.
Hong Kong in the last century
But the UK ignored our determination to take back Hong Kong. In the face of the British rogues, we also had the idea of using force. Chen Yi Marshal Chen has made a report on this. He said: There is no need to dispatch regular troops, just the public security forces and police in Guangdong Province are enough.
However, considering that this method will leave many sequelae, we still choose to use the most moderate method to solve the Hong Kong problem.
At this time, we proposed the idea of " One Country, Two Systems ". This largely solved ideological concerns for Hong Kong entrepreneurs.
In this case, we have negotiated several times with the UK. The first negotiation was in 1982, and it was not until September 1984 that the two sides reached an agreement.
left is Thatcher
At that time, the head of the Chinese delegation responsible for the negotiations was Yao Guang, and the former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhou Nan was behind the scenes. At the initial negotiations, the UK's face was particularly real and they were very reluctant to lose it.
even high-profilely promotes that he is "unprofitable" in Hong Kong, just to benefit Hong Kong people . In particular, Mrs. Thatcher, she even said that “the British never took a penny in Hong Kong.”
This way of slapping and pretending to be fat is probably not believed by ordinary people in the UK. Moreover, what they call "benefiting" Hong Kong people is completely nonsense. Because Hong Kong people under the British rule have no dignity at all.
Hong Kong
In the movie " Jingwumen ", we have seen "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter" . In fact, this brand was not fictionalized by the filmmakers. At that time, this sign was spread throughout the major concessions in China and was a true portrayal of the Chinese people living in the concessions in .
Hong Kong
under the British rule is the most direct and simple example, reflected in housing and medical care. There was an plague in Hong Kong under the control of the UK. In this plague, nearly 2,000 people lost their lives, most of whom were Chinese. The reason why
This happens is because the medical care of Chinese in Hong Kong is at the bottom. They don’t care about the life or death of Hong Kong people at all, they only care about government officials and soldiers. The same is true for housing, the British occupied all the rich areas. And those remote places are left for the Chinese in Hong Kong to settle down.
In many movies, there have been scenes of "betting on horses". In reality, when watching horses, British and Chinese are clearly stipulated not to be allowed on the same occasion.
Hong Kong
UK After the first industrial revolution , the working hours per week were limited. This working system they pride has never been implemented in Hong Kong.
This will definitely cause excitement, but the cunning UK eventually says that the workers "voluntarily work overtime". It can be seen that his darkness is extraordinary. This is especially true in the class. Under the British rule, 98% of Chinese people have become second-class citizens. They do not have the right to run for senior officials, and the most typical example is the candidate for the Hong Kong Governor. Since the British occupied Hong Kong in 1842, there have been dozens of Hong Kong governors in Hong Kong. Senior positions such as
are usually arranged by the British. From the first Hong Kong Governor Pu Dingchao to the last Hong Kong Governor Patten , no one has ever served as Hong Kong Governor Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Do you think that Hong Kong is just a senior official’s appointment and there are differential treatment? In fact, even the small cadres at the bottom are the same. For example, in 1906, Chinese police in Hong Kong were not allowed to carry guns. At that time, even Indian police could hold guns, but Chinese people couldn't do it, which shows how much the British did not take Chinese seriously.
In addition to these, Hong Kong people also face inequality in education. For example, Britain began to implement compulsory primary schools as early as the 1880s. However, it was not implemented in Hong Kong until 1971. In 1981, the proportion of Chinese people who received university education in Hong Kong was only 2.7%.
Apart from this, it is also politically. According to statistics, 98% of Chinese in Hong Kong cannot enjoy equal citizenship and political participation. This is what Mrs. Thatcher calls “for welfare” for Hong Kong people.
If it is really for the good of Hong Kong people, why is there such a big difference between the British and Chinese in Hong Kong? From this we can also see the true face of the British. They are not seeking benefits for Hong Kong people, but earning benefits for themselves.
Hong Kong under the British rule, and in order to maintain its rule over Hong Kong, Britain still gave the Chinese some small profits. It's not that they are kind-hearted, but that they are trying to consolidate their rule.
The purpose is to make them grateful and then continue to put on shackles to work for them. Generally speaking, the treatment of Chinese and British people under the British rule is very different, and Chinese are exploited.
Before Hong Kong's return, the British took away hundreds of billions of
every year. Many people may be curious, how did the UK use Hong Kong to make money?
The former deputy foreign minister who participated in negotiations with the UK once said that before Hong Kong's return, the UK could take away hundreds of billions of yuan every year. Former British first, Major , he was a confidant of Mrs. Thatcher, and he revealed the truth during an event.
Zhou Nan
says that the UK's direct investment in Hong Kong is between 90 billion and 100 billion pounds, which has huge economic benefits.
These data can be said to be a slap in the face of Mrs. Thatcher.
And those tens of thousands of wealth eventually flowed to the British pockets in different ways. It is not only the UK that makes money, but those officials in the UK have gained a lot.
As it was revealed in the last century that Hong Kong Chief Police Chief Gerber was found to have 4.3 million wealth in his name, and most of the money was embezzled or others "respected" him. Among them, the scope of bribery covers Hong Kong, Kowloon , New Territories and offshore islands.
After seeing Hong Kong so easy to make money, many British people began to have a "Hong Kong dream" in their hearts, and they rushed to come here to make money. In the book by the well-known writer Duye Sion, she described Hong Kong in the last century as a "paragraph for criminals."
She said: Hong Kong is rich and trendy, but the crime rate is very high.
Duyessin
Generally speaking, neither the British government nor the British people want Hong Kong to return, so it continues to add resistance to the return.
They have used many skills, and some people even want to turn Hong Kong into the second Singapore . But this was all retorted by our country with a tough attitude. In fact, Britain was already in trouble at this time and had no way to prevent Hong Kong from returning to China.
It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent Hong Kong from returning, the British also came up with a shocking conspiracy.
The shocking conspiracy of Britain
This conspiracy is to use nuclear weapon to deal with China . In the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the British army had seen the combat power and willpower of Chinese soldiers. They were afraid that we would strike while the iron was hot and take the opportunity to recover Hong Kong, so they came up with this trick.
atomic bomb explosion
Because they think conventional troops cannot win us, this is reflected in the battlefield of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea . To this end, in 1958, they secretly deployed 48 atomic bombs in Singapore, which was still a colony. But just as Britain was nervously carrying out this conspiracy, was on the other side of the ocean, and the Soviet Union was secretly competing with the United States.
At that time, the United States deployed medium-range missiles in Türkiye and Italy, seriously threatening the local security of the Soviet Union. For this reason, the Soviet Union deployed the missile in Cuba in 1962 to pay tribute to the United States.
For a moment, the shadow of war enveloped the whole world. After all, the consequences of the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan during World War II are still vivid in our minds. At this time, British Prime Minister Mai Lun spoke nice things everywhere in the Soviet Union and the United States, telling both sides not to be impulsive.
Missile
From this we can see that the UK is a character who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. After this, my country's atomic bomb was successfully developed, which brought considerable pressure to the UK. They also understand that it is not easy to use atomic bombs to threaten us.
, who knew that it might cause nuclear war, would be despised by the whole world, finally suspended the plan.
It has to be said that the great man’s eyes are really far-reaching . If he hadn't insisted on developing the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb , then the threat of the United States clamoring to use the atomic bomb to bomb us during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea would have appeared again.
Generally speaking, after trying to use force and literature, the UK began to face up to the return of Hong Kong. But they did not have any kindness, but instead tried to leave a mess for us.
Chairman Mao
Like them, they planned to repair a series of large-scale infrastructure projects in 1992 without notifying the Chinese government. The money for the construction of the project is paid by Hong Kong people, and the total plan for requires HK$155.3 billion . They said the move was to build a better Hong Kong. But the real purpose is to leave Hong Kong's fiscal deficit.
Fortunately, we discovered this conspiracy in time and finally stopped it.
On July 1, 1997, the Chinese flag rose over Hong Kong. This "child" who had been away from home for 157 years finally returned to the embrace of the motherland. Even though the process is very rough, the ending is still good.
All of this is also due to the strength of the motherland. After all, we are not the Qing government and will not bow to the shameless invaders.
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