Sonnet XXIX | Compare and Contrast
1800s: The 1842 Treaty of Nanking ends the Opium War between Great Britain and China and confirms the cession of Hong King to Great Britain.
Today: In 1997, Hong Kong is relinquished by the British and returned to Chinese rule.
1800s: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish their Communist Manifesto in 1848; their work influences a number of world leaders who adopt several of its economic and social ideas.
Today: With the collapse of the Soviet Union, China remains the world’s dominant communist power.
1800s: In 1844,...
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