HIS385H1 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Qing Dynasty, Overseas Chinese, Queen Victoria
HIS385H1
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
HIS385
09/07/18
Introduction
• Perspectives
o Studying history means dealing with perspectives of people from the past
o National humiliation
▪ Hong Kong is often portrayed as a symbol of national humiliation
▪ E. The People’s Repuli of Chia (The Leadership)
▪ Ex. People who represented the Elite in China after Hong Kong became a
British Colony (political elite)
▪ Hong Kong is seen as a symbol of National Humiliation by the elites after
Hong Kong lost a war
o Refuge, opportunities
▪ Presenting Hong Kong as a place of refuge and opportunity
▪ Ex. People who see Hong Kong this way are those who are critical of the
Chinese Government
▪ Anyone who had a bounty on their hand
▪ Refugees/immigrants
▪ Hong Kong had British laws so anyone persecuted in foreign countries
could run to Hong kong and be protected by british laws
▪ Merchants would also use Hong Kong because laws in Hong Kong would
protect them better than laws in china
▪ Ex. People engaged in trade/lower class citizens
▪ See hong kong in a more positive life where they are more protected and
could make money to survive
▪ Mainly men
o Trade and empire
▪ Prefer to see Hong Kong as belonging to an empire and a trade
community
▪ Mainly the british who saw Hong Kong as a place used for trading with
China
▪ Prior to making hong kong a colony, the british had to trade with china
within china and were subject to their laws and oppression, so hong kong
was perfect
▪ As well, any time that british vessels were in the area and faced with a
storm, they could anchor their ships at hong kong and wait out the storm
▪ The british see Hong Kong as a form of national pride as part of this vast
british empire
o Hong Kong
▪ Held by people of Hong Kong – people who have settled there and come
to appreciate the transformation of Hong Kong
▪ Unique among Chinese societies
• There are 3 main Chinese societies: PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong
▪ Migration and development
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• Hong Kong became unique the way It is because of migration and
its contribution to economic development, political development,
social developments and cultural developments
▪ Economic success
▪ Political+social order
• Most of the time people were able to enjoy a significant degree of
order and peace within hong kong
▪ Previously ignored
• This perspective is often ignored because much of the research in
Hong Kong was carried out by residents and tended to focus on
the other perspectives
Geographical Layout of Hong Kong
• Population 7.3 million (2016)
o 95% ethnic Chinese
o 1841: 7000
o Toronto: 2.8 million
• Land
o During the Ice age: hong kong was an inland area
o It has since become a coastal area
o 1.100km2 (Toronto: 630km2)
• There are 3 parts that make up Hong kong
o Hong Kong Island
▪ 2nd largest island
▪ 81km2
▪ 7% of territory
▪ first to be inducted into British Colonies in 1841
• acquired because the Chinese surrendered Hong kong island to
the british based on treaty signed in 1841 (forever)
o Kowloon Pensinsula
▪ Victoria Harbour separates Hong Kong island and Kowloon Peninsula
▪ 47km2
▪ Second to be inducted into British Colonies in 1860
• Acquired in perpetuity (forever)
o New Territories
▪ Largest
▪ 748km2
▪ Outlying islands – 228km2
▪ Last to be inducted into British Colonies In 1898
• Acquired through a lease that the british signed with the Chinese
for a period of 99 years (until 1997)
• The Chinese never recognized the legality of these treaties (seen as unjust)
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Document Summary
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