Enjoyed the video. Just one minor issue @9:22 - Henry Pottinger was not the Governor of HK in January 1841. Captain Charles Elliot, R.N., the British Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade (Far East) as well as Commander of the British Fleet that defeated the Chinese junks in the 1st Opium War, was the Administrator (equivalent to Governor) of HK during January-August of 1941. As punishment for taking a barren rock called HK instead of a larger and more strategic Chusan Island near Shanghai, he was recalled by the UK Parliament back to London, and replaced by Pottinger, who became HK Administrator in August 1841 and officially named HK Governor in June 1843.
@lewisyu95872 жыл бұрын
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@hkhistoryw50622 жыл бұрын
The reason why Elliot and Pottinger were both called 'Administrator' instead of 'Governor' of HK between Jan. 1841 and June 1843 was because a lot of people in the UK Government at that time had the same negative opinion on HK as Mr. Robert M. Martin (@13:12). They were hoping to exchange HK for a better piece of real estate further up the Chinese coast. They saw possession of HK as temporary and so the place did not deserve a 'Governor'. However, through the tireless efforts of Elliot, and later in his absence, his deputy Mr. Alexander Johnston (@9:33), a nice infrastructure of a small town, e.g. barracks, hospitals, storage facilities, shops and residences, and a nearly 4-mile stretch of Queen's Road, sprang up along the waterfront within a year. The British government was thus presented with a fait accompli. By 1842 when the Treaty of Nanking was signed, there was no turning back, so they upgraded Pottinger's title to 'Governor' in 1843.
@Avacado7212 жыл бұрын
👍🏽fait accompli👍🏽
@hkhistoryw50622 жыл бұрын
@@Avacado721 "The rice was already cooked.", as a Cantonese would say.
@Avacado7212 жыл бұрын
@@hkhistoryw5062 Or “Rice already blown” 😂
@mirandalee56102 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and enjoyable to see different perspectives of HK history