Ep. 103 | The History of Hong Kong (Part 3)
Welcome to Part 3 of our History of Hong Kong overview. This time we look at the action that went down between the Convention of Chuenpi and the Treaty of Nanjing. Quite a bit happened, including the First Opium War. The Taipans got their way in the end.
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Terms in Episode
Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
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Cheung Sha Wan | 长沙湾 | A district in west Kowloon in HK |
Chuanbi Caoyue | 穿鼻草约 | The Convention of Chuenpi |
Haijin | 海禁 | A ban on sea trade |
Lin Zexu | 林则徐 | Sent down to Canton by the emperor to deal with the opium problem |
Liu Bei | 刘备 | Great warlord of the Shu State who, along with Sun Quan, defeated Cao Cao |
Qishan | 琦善 | Also spelled as Keshan, imperial negotiator who faced off against Capt. Charles Elliot |
Zheng Chenggong | 郑成功 | Ming dynasty loyalist and longtime thorn in the side of the Qing |
Zhoushan | 舟山 | Coastal city just east of Ningbo |
Zhu Yuanzhang | 朱元璋 | Ming Dynasty founder (also Hongwu Emperor) |
Laszlo is pleased to present an interview with longtime Hong Kong resident, writer, and cartoonist Larry Feign to discuss his new novel The Flower Boat Girl.