{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Nanking – Part 3: Terms of Surrender","description":"With the treaty signed, the details would soon reshape the fate of East Asia. The terms were more than words—they were instruments of power, and every clause had consequences.\r\n\r\nThe most jarring was Article Three: China ceded Hong Kong to Britain in perpetuity. This was not a temporary occupation. It was the birth of a colony, a new outpost for British ambition in Asia. For China, it was a wound to sovereignty.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-nanking","author_name":"The Archive Network"}