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Hong Kong timeline
British forces capture Hong Kong, which is subsequently ceded to Britain by China at the end of the first Opium War in 1842
The First Opium War ends with the island of Hong Kong, and extensive new trading rights, ceded to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking
Hong Kong surrenders to an invading Japanese force
Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories
The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport