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9780195837278
This work surveys the treaty which leased the New Territories to Britain for 99 years. It also explains the difficulties which the treaty created in Sino-British affairs, as well as Hong Kong's domestic politics. The work includes the legal meanings of the treaty as well.Wesley-Smith, Peter is the author of 'Unequal Treaty, Eighteen Ninety-Eight to Nineteen Ninety-Seven: China, Great Britain and Hong Kong's New Territories', published 1984 under ISBN 9780195837278 and ISBN 0195837274.
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