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>>19301689
There was no reason for them to even be a part of china.
the chinese deal was only for New Territories only, Britain could have kept the kowloon islands in perpetuity but that retard Margaret Thatcher gave it china.
The United Kingdom obtained control over portions of Hong Kong's territory through three treaties concluded with Qing China after the Opium Wars:

1842 Treaty of Nanking: Hong Kong Island ceded in perpetuity
1860 Convention of Peking: Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutter's Island additionally ceded
1898 Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory: the New Territories and outlying islands leased for 99 years until 1997

Imagine your future and your kids future will forever be under the wing of a totalitarian dictatorship by the decision of a liberal feminist cunt.