Jackson Lennock
Well-known member
In 1909, the British Governor of Weihaiwei (up in Shandong) proposed that the country return Weihaiwei in exchange for a permanent cession of the leased New Territories of Hong Kong (British since 1898 and until 1997). This idea wasn't taken up.
What if it had been? Britain here gets the New Territories in perpetuity as part of Hong Kong.
Additionally - could Britain have exchanged or returned other concessions for making Hong Kong even larger? A border further north on the on the Yangtai and Wutong Mountains would give Hong Kong more water and a more defensible boundary. The border could extend along the mountains further east to include the Dapeng Peninsula, and could extend south to include the Wanshan Archipelago.
What if it had been? Britain here gets the New Territories in perpetuity as part of Hong Kong.
Additionally - could Britain have exchanged or returned other concessions for making Hong Kong even larger? A border further north on the on the Yangtai and Wutong Mountains would give Hong Kong more water and a more defensible boundary. The border could extend along the mountains further east to include the Dapeng Peninsula, and could extend south to include the Wanshan Archipelago.