A small fishing island with only 800 people living on it, measuring only 424 miles long, would you have thought that it would become a megacity with a population of 7 million plus(HK GOV) The colonisation of Hong Kong left many positive impacts and truly supported the development of HK and this shows in many ways when Hong Kong was under British Rule. Some of the ways the British aided Hong Kong was the economy, the transportation and even created a system of governance in HK. Without the Britain Hong Kong would not have the same democratic system of governance it has today. (LEGAL HK) Britain helped Hong Kong develop a new kind of governance and drastically aided Hong Kong develop as a country and help many other things. Then Britain introduced …show more content…
One of the examples where they maintained Hong Kong’s economy was the trade of goods and bringing many banks to open in Hong Kong, Fueling for Hong Kong to become the business hub that it is today. Another of the largest things that the british brought to Hong Kong. When the british arrived they brought a free trade and a free enterprise economy, ( Freest Economy BBC) which ended up growing into the financial superpower we know today.The british were the real turning point in helping Hong Kong’s economy because they were the ones who made Hong Kong a free enterprise economy and help keeping Hong Kong tax free. This helped Hong Kong develop as a country because a country without and economy will be hard to run and live in. This really helped Hong Kong because before the british came all the Hong Kong people could only barter and trade. Without the british’s intervention Hong Kong would not have one of the best and stable economies on earth. The british alone brought almost 90% of Hong Kong’s GDP in 1998. (Economic) After all the evidence that I have stated and about the colonisation of Hong Kong, the british did leave a positive impact when colonising Hong Kong. They helped Hong Kong’s economy and helped it grow, they evolved Hong Kong’s transport and made new ways of traveling an even helped create the legal system of Hong Kong. Therefore from the factors stated above, the british have left both positives and negative on Hong Kong, but that doesn’t change how the British have helped Hong Kong in so many
They built roads and railroads. British rule brought peace and order to the countryside. They revised the legal system to promote justice for the Indians, regardless of class. Indian landowners and princes, who still owned territory, grew rich from exporting cash crops such as cotton and jute. The British introduced the telegraph and the postal system as a means of communication.
Hong Kong Reading - "The Book of the Year" Through imperialism, British rule encouraged industrialization and modernization which led to visible growth in the economy as the city is described as a trade center and important in manufacturing and banking, which suggests that the industries and businesses prospered. Additionally, the fear of Chinese rule suggests that businesses operated better under British rule, which shows how imperialism improved the lives of the people of Hong Kong compared to the government before imperial rule. The way that citizens of Hong Kong left the colony before it was returned to China further highlights the different effects of British rule and Chinese rule on the people, suggesting that British rule was preferred by the citizens of Hong Kong which is why they left rather than live under Chinese rule. This implies that the colonized people considered Great Britain’s imperialist rule to be better than the government before which was Chinese. This demonstrates that imperialism improved the lives of the colonized people because it helped the economy grow and prosper.
However, where the is good there has to be bad. British colonization of India had it's drawbacks. As the great Mohandas Gahndi once said " You English committed one supreme crime against my people. For a hundred years you have done everything for us. You have given us no responsibility for our own government." At first glance this may seem like a positive effect but Ghandi did not intend it to be. Because even though it was a good thing that England setup a government in India they turned it into a burden because they did not let any natives into the important positions. They "mommied" the Indians if you will. Another negative effect England had on India was the breaking up of traditional industries. Prior to Britain colonizing India there were many more divers skilled labors. Such as shipbuilding, metalwork, glassblowing, and paper making. With the break up there was a noticeable rise in the unemployment India.
Before 1997, Hong Kong was being the colony of the United Kingdom, politics in Hong Kong is different from the mainland China and it is unique from other countries. After 1997, the sovereignty of Hong Kong is regressed to China, then the Hong Kong politics was under the foundation of ‘One Country Two systems’ and it is regulated by the Basic Law of Hong Kong.
By 1971, the Cultural Revolution in China had ended in failure and conditions in Hong Kong calmed,” Gloria Lannom states, yet it took a while for Hong Kong to rebuild its economic standings because of this fact.
The British believed that the colonies solely existed to benefit the home land, not the settlers that worked and lived in the colonies. The economic doctrine that the British government used was referred to as Mercantilism. The power of the nation was dependent on the value of the exports it produced. With the government controlling the foreign trade they felt more powerful than they were.
...any effects on Malaysia. Not only did it grow the economy, but it created diversity, and led to the construction of many modern systems. If it weren’t for Britain, Malaysia would not have formed.
In 1857 the British had invaded the nation of Hindustan (India). Many feel that if it were not for the British Empire, India would still be an under developed country. The British established a government system that before did not exist. It was a three level system including the imperial government located in London, the central government located in Calcutta, and later on provincial governments scattered throughout the regions of what was known as the British Raj1. Alt...
An effect of British Imperialism economically is the products produced and an environmental affect is Britain's profits. Britain is producing goods, materials, and luxury goods and receiving splendid feedback, which will cause other countries to adapt the same methods of gaining materials. Numerous battles and wars will be fought over those materials and over inhabited territories. Britain is heavily controlling India and gaining profit from then while India gains nothing but mistreatment. While Indians are in harsh conditions, they are only profiting an average of $800, while the British have an average of $9,300.
According to Diagram 1, Hong Kong’s economic performance has kept a gradual growth in the year of 2013, with real GDP expanding moderately by 2.9%, up from 1.5% in 2012, keeping the labour market in a state of full employment (Hong Kong Economy Report, 2014). As a whole, in year 2013 both the external and internal sector of Hong Kong performed better than the year of 2012. With regards to the overseas sector, total ex...
To start a major positive effect was the British’s aid and improvements on infrastructure. “They had improved telephones and paved roads, brought cars, trains, and postal networks. This was a positive effect because it boosted the economy, standard of living and the flow of information and people.” (Nechtman). Though this had most likely been done to improve the colonizers lifestyle, it was not to be taken for granted. The
Probably before the Second World War, one can argue that the British Empire was more of an asset than it was a liability. This argument can be supported by the fact that British were the main reason the era of industrial revolution began. Among other things it is during this same period that there was a shipment of raw materials from the colonies that belonged to the British Empire into the British territories. The raw materials were used, in the manufacture of some of the finished goods that were used by the British citizens. However, things took a turn for the worst during the Second World War when the British realized that the colonies were more of a burden than that of a benefit. Thus, this realization led to the British deciding to leave this colonies since the mother land after the second world war need much of their attention.
As Hong Kong Tourism Board (n.d.) introduces, Hong Kong had been a British colony for 155 years since the first Opium War in 1842 when ...
Poor sanitation and planning gave rise to an extremely unhealthy Hong Kong at that period. In 1850, the deaths among the troops rose to 23.94% mortality compared with 10% for the civilian population. The extremely high mortality of troops and civilians from fever even initiated the Queen to write to the Secretary of State asking for the exchange of Hong Kong for a healthier colony. Although the British government itself had noticed the serious level of the problem, it did little to tackle with it but just planned to have colony regions
Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang. "Chapter 5: Economy and Society." A Modern History of Hong Kong. London: I.B. Tauris, 2004. 56-72. Print.