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But, there was only one port open for Trade:
Good or Bad?
trading. And, China did not import

many goods. Foreign trade weakened
China, but it was very
Europeans did not like being important, too. Trade is

limited in how much they could trade now the backbone of

with China. The Treaty of Nanking China’s economy.
Without it, China’s
forced China to open more ports.
manufacturing industries
The forced trading weakened the would be smaller. In fact,

Chinese economy. Soon, the Taiping the global economy
would be impacted. The
Rebellion (TIE-ping rih-BEL-yuhn)
people of China are large
took place. This would begin a series of consumers and producers

rebellions. The rebellions led to the end of goods.
of the dynasties in China.
Hong Kong

The Treaty of Nanking was
not fair to the Chinese.
Foreign trade was forced
on them. And, Hong Kong
became a British colony.
That means Great Britain
controlled the city. Hong
Kong stayed a colony until
the end of the twentieth
century.

Hong Kong
Harbor
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