::Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory

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Britain acquired Hong Kong Island in 1842, Kowloon Peninsula in 1860, and leased the New Territories rent-free<ref name="Lease">http://web.archive.org/web/20080217231155/http://www.hkjournal.org/timeline/timeline1800s.html</ref> in 1898.

The Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory,<ref>http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B36227845.pdf</ref> commonly known as the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking, was a lease and unequal treaty signed between Qing China and the United Kingdom in 1898.

Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory sections
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