Obviously, this battle took place because a war started between these two countries. A war started because China didn’t want Britain trading opium to their country. The emperor of China at that time was apparently very cocky and asked all foreigners to bow down to him The emperor at this time believed China was very strong. However, he was mistaken; China lost to the British. As a result, Honk Kong was given to Britain and Britain was free to trade as they please.
However, nobody knew how small this area actually was; as a result, we all left not to longer after arriving. Afterwards, we saw a part of Tianjin I never seen before. In this area, many people were selling strange sea food I have never seen. This made me realize how large the difference was between what American’s believed tasted good and what Chinese people like to eat. The food item that seemed most popular and peculiar was the octopus.