HISTORY IS CRAY CRAY
ON this date in 1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese.
The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple negotiated the settlement for the Brits.
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The curious aspect of this war was that Soldiers, after getting a furlough, were getting hooked on the Opium and were seen yanking away in those dens.
When the Brits back home heard this, they knew they had to settle and knowing they didn't want to make a treaty for no yanking, they called it the Treaty of Nanking.
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