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The 41 pages that link to Treaty of Nanking, each with the reason it gives.

• Hong KongRelated: It established the first formal transfer of Hong Kong territory to Britain.

• ShanghaiRelated: Its terms opened Shanghai to foreign trade and consular residence.

• Convention of PekingRelated: It established the earlier territorial basis of British Hong Kong, which the convention enlarged.

• Handover of Hong KongRelated: It began British possession of Hong Kong Island, one part of the territory eventually transferred.

• Canton SystemRelated: Its port openings replaced Guangzhou’s exclusive position with a broader treaty-port system.

• Second Opium WarRelated: Britain later sought to revise its terms, helping intensify the tensions behind the war.

• GuangzhouRelated: Its provisions ended Guangzhou’s monopoly on Western maritime trade.

• Treaty of TianjinRelated: Its limited port openings and commercial terms formed an earlier stage of treaty pressure.

• Sino-British Joint DeclarationRelated: It began the series of agreements behind British rule in Hong Kong.

• British Hong KongRelated: It formalized the island’s cession after British occupation began.

• LingnanRelated: Its terms ended Guangzhou’s exclusive role in British trade with China.

• New TerritoriesRelated: It began the sequence of territorial transfers that produced colonial Hong Kong.

• Yangtze River shippingRelated: Its treaty-port system reshaped commercial access to the lower Yangtze.

• XiamenRelated: Its opening of Xiamen as a treaty port reshaped the city’s commerce and foreign presence.

• Xianfeng EmperorRelated: Its concessions established a precedent for foreign demands that intensified under Xianfeng.

• Hong Kong IslandRelated: Its terms formally transferred the island into British control.

• James MathesonRelated: Its provisions changed the political and commercial setting for Matheson’s firm.

• GulangyuRelated: Its opening of Xiamen to foreign trade preceded Gulangyu’s international settlement.

• Xiamen IslandRelated: It opened Xiamen to foreign trade, shaping the island’s nineteenth-century development.

• Foreign-controlled territories in ChinaRelated: It established an early precedent for territorial cession alongside treaty-port access.

• History of MacauRelated: Hong Kong’s rise as a British port changed Macau’s commercial competition.

• History of ShanghaiRelated: Its terms opened Shanghai to foreign settlement and treaty-port commerce.

• HowquaRelated: Its terms helped dismantle Guangzhou’s exclusive position in foreign commerce.

• WuhuRelated: Its treaty-port system changed trade along the Yangtze, the commercial setting in which Wuhu later expanded.