The nation of Hong Kong (香港) is a member of both the British Commonwealth of Nations and the Chinese Union. It has a long history of colonialism going back to 1841 and only ending in 1997. In 1841, a British fleet commander (without authorization) demanded that Gwong open its ports to trade. Gwong was in a strategic position to trade with East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, and the only trading port in the eastern Orient that the British had control of was Sundarapore. To the ultimatum, Gwong replied that it had no intention of doing any business with the British, and that if Britain continued to push, it would invite another European nation to do business with it instead. To this, the commander ordered his men to invade Hong Kong Island. The British public was shocked when they hear