Today in 1841 Britain took possession of Hong Kong. Palmerston dismissed it as 'a barren island with hardly a house upon it, which will never be a mart of trade.' That take did not age well. pic.twitter.com/BI8vehWYzd
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) January 26, 2020
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January 27, 2020 at 02:38AM
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