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When the Qing dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China and then the People’s Republic of China, were the contracts of Kowloon (Hong Kong) being leased for 99 years to the British ever considered in a grey area, since it was technically the Qing emperor who owned the leases?

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Chinese schools teach "the century of humiliation" to be really humiliating for China but did the rest of the world see it the same way?

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When the Qing dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China and then the People’s Republic of China, were the contracts of Kowloon (Hong Kong) being leased for 99 years to the British ever considered in a grey area, since it was technically the Qing emperor who owned the leases?	230
Chinese schools teach "the century of humiliation" to be really humiliating for China but did the rest of the world see it the same way?	18