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Hong Kong; Hongkong

2

cession (of territory)

11

Shanghai (China)

4

opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

2

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely

1

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

1

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)

1

revolt; rebellion; war

1

armed intervention; military intervention

1

maritime customs taxes

1

customs; customs house

2

Britain and France; Anglo-French

12

(United States of) America; USA

1

ship's nationality; ship's country of registration

2

arrow

1

trouble

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

4

military affairs

3

opposite shore

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

peninsula; Korea

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

North America

21

French and Indian War (1754-1763)

2

both armies; both teams; both sides

1

(American) Indian; Native American; Indian

9

alliance; union; league

3

(revenue) stamp

4

newspaper

1

printed matter

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

to observe the law

1

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

6

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

2

(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

3

government-controlled corporation

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

2

smuggled goods

1

indirect

1

suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

2

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1