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The subsequent defeat of China in the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Second Opium War (1856-1860) allowed Britain to additionally acquire the peninsula of Kowloon and forced the Chinese to officially legalize the opium trade among other concessions. France, Russia, and the U.S. were other imperialist nations of that period that acted with Britain against China,… |
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and all received various rights and benefits for their participation. Finally in 1898, in an effort to ease land and potential security concerns, Britain also negotiated to lease the New Territories (all land north of Kowloon to the Shenzhen River and 235 additional outlying islands) from China for a period of 99 years. |
